Emergency Department Management of Stroke

Own means, primary/prehospital/subacute healthcare %

12/43/44/1

10/29/60/0

12/47/40/1

0.1238

Topographic diagnosis (LACS, PACS, POCS, TACS, %)

33/42/9/16

13/45/18/24

38/41/7/14

0.0041

Atrial fibrillation

35

6

29

0.8412

International normalized ratio (median, IQR)

1.06 [1.01 - 1.14]

1.07 [1.04 - 1.18]

1.06 [1 - 1.13]

0.2262

AF + INR < 2

29

8

21

1.205E−5

Time of onset of symptoms (hours) (median, IQR)

2 [1 - 4.5]

2 [1 - 4.5]

2 [1 - 4.5]

0.7572

Wake-up stroke

28

8

20

0.3228

NIHSS (median, IQR)

2 [0 - 6]

6 [2 - 15]

2 [0 - 4]

0.039

NIHSS ≥ 6

50

20

30

5.903E−16

NIHSS ≥ 6 + mRankin ≤ 1

25

16

9

0.0102

Alteplase thrombolysis

16

9

7

0.0008

Supra-aortic trunks ultrasound in TIA

47

7

40

0.7279

Supra-aortic trunks ultrasound in AIS

49

14

35

0.5959

Echocardiography

16

10

6

0.0118

Magnetic resonance imaging

18

8

10

0.4491

Clinical Evolution Data

Departure time from ED (minutes) (median, IQR)

345 [228 - 604]

146 [114 - 263]

396 [278 - 700]

3.451E−5

Disposition (home, death, subacute healthcare) %

75/4/21

60/11/29

78/2/20

0.01297

Emergency Department reconsultation

29

6

23

0.8628

Length of in-hospital stay (days) (median, IQR)

1.59 [0.70 - 4.92]

6.03 [3.29 - 10.55]

1.06 [0.59 - 3.22]

3.146E−8

30-day death

23

6

17

0.6206

30-day death (NIHSS ≥ 6 + mRankin ≤ 1)

5

4

1

0.0057

1-year death

29

9

20

0.2917

1-year death (NIHSS ≥ 6 + mRankin ≤ 1)

6

5

1

0.0012

1-year ∆ Barthel Index (NIHSS ≥ 6)

10 [0 - 30]

0 [0 - 22]

22 [0 - 41]

0.2173

1-year ∆ mRankin (NIHSS ≥ 6)

2 [1 - 3]

3 [1 - 5]

1 [1 - 3]

0.0427

Median follow-up

165.95 [50.26 - 245.87]

149.18 [26.12 - 264.52]

172.21 [56.45 - 237.80]

0.4885