Researchers studied delays in treatment time for patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction who need to be transferred to a different hospital for percutaneous coronary intervention. They measured the length of time from a patient’s arrival in the first hospital to his or her transfer from that hospital, which has been recommended not to exceed 30 minutes.
They found only 9.7 percent of patients had a DIDO time within 30 minutes and 31 percent had a DIDO exceeding 90 minutes.
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