Abstract: It has been known that stroke center or stroke unit care can reduce stroke deathrates, enhance functional outcome, and decrease the length of hospital stay for stroke patients.Stroke Center at National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) was established in November,2002. The goals of the NTUH stroke center are to provide a multidisciplinary stroke care and anacute stroke team; to enhance reperfusion therapy for acute stroke patients, standards of care andtreatment options for stroke patients, acute rehabilitation, stroke registry, outcome measurementand stroke education for patients and communities; and to enhance stroke systems of care.

Key words: Stroke center; Intensive care units; Thrombolytic therapy

摘要： 脑中风中心或卒中单元可明显降低卒中患者的死亡率、提高功能恢复、降低住院天数，对于急性卒中患者的监护可提供显著的疗效。台大医院于2002年11月成立卒中中心，提供卒中患者的跨科整合医疗、推展急性卒中团队、卒中的重症治疗、提升血栓溶解与其他特殊治疗、卒中处置的标准作业流程及临床路径、民众及医疗人员卒中继续教育、建立卒中患者登录库、早期康复治疗、卒中患者长期预后随访等，以建构卒中由预防、治疗、监护至长期护理转介及随访的全程规划。

关键词: 脑中风中心; 重症监护病房; 血栓溶解疗法