ED adult presentations |
38,576 |
35,172 |
|
Number of stroke code activations, n (%) |
742 (1.9) |
712 (2.0) |
0.33 |
Diagnosis of stroke / TIA, n (%) |
428 (57.7) |
441 (61.9) |
0.10 |
Age, median (IQR) |
77 (66-86) |
77 (67-85) |
0.89 |
Gender, female n (%) |
209 (48.8) |
225 (51.0) |
0.54 |
Type of stroke diagnosis at discharge, n (%) |
|
|
|
Ischaemic1 |
295 (68.9) |
290 (65.8) |
0.32 |
Intracranial haemorrhage (ICH) |
66 (15.4) |
95 (21.5) |
0.02 |
TIA |
67 (15.7) |
56 (12.7) |
0.21 |
Known symptom onset, n (%) |
235 (54.9) |
243 (55.1) |
1.00 |
Time from known onset to ED presentation, minutes median (IQR) |
134 (71-251) |
134 (77-238) |
0.53 |
ASU or NSICU or NSDU admission2, n (%) |
365 (85.3) |
378 (85.7) |
0.86 |
Time from ED presentation to ASU or NSICU or NSDU3, minutes median (IQR) |
295 (188-555) |
260 (183-448) |
0.03 |
Time from presentation to first CT brain imaging4, minutes median (IQR) |
32 (19-85) |
30 (20-63) |
0.57 |
Reperfusion therapy, ischemic strokes |
|
|
|
IV thrombolysis, n (%) |
51 (17.3) |
52 (17.9) |
0.84 |
ECR, n (%) |
38 (12.9) |
46 (15.9) |
0.30 |
Time from presentation to IVtPA infusion, minutes median (IQR) |
60 (43-90) |
65 (45-96) |
0.53 |
Time of onset of stroke to IVtPA infusion, minutes median (IQR) |
166 (117–218) |
186 (136–239) |
0.18 |