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Table 2 Ischemic stroke patients management modalities

From: Short and long-term impact of four sets of actions on acute ischemic stroke management in Rhône County, a population based before-and-after prospective study

Stroke Management characteristics

AVC69

2006–7

n = 696

STROKE69

2015–16

n = 717

p

Place of Stroke, n (%)

 Home

483 (81)

505 (86)

 

 Family physician

71 (12)

20 (3)

 

 Highway

36 (6)

35 (6)

< 0.0001

 Healthcare center

6 (1)

22 (4)

 

 Other

0

2 (0.3)

 

 Missing data

100 (14)

133 (19)

 

Transportation type, n (%)

 Ambulance

224 (39)

151 (24)

 

 Firefighters

178 (31)

373 (58)

 

SMUR

66 (12)

27 (4)

< 0.0001

 Personal

104 (18)

85 (13)

 

 Other

1 (0.2)

2 (0.3)

 

 Missing data

123 (18)

79 (11)

 

ECC call, n (%)

215 (40)

488 (68)

< 0.0001

 Missing data

159 (23)

0

 

Place of 1st admission, n (%)

 emergency department

615 (88)

502 (70)

 

 stroke unit

57 (8)

214 (30)

< 0.0001

 ICU

12 (2)

1 (0.1)

 

 Other departments of neurology

12 (2)

0 (0)

 

 Missing data

0

0

 

Hospitalization in stroke unit, n (%)

118 (17)

447 (62)

< 0.0001

 Missing data

0

0

 

Imaging within 24 h, n (%)

 CT alone

460 (77)

405 (57)

 

 MRI alone

52 (9)

221 (31)

< 0.0001

 CT and MRI

51 (9)

79 (11)

 

 None

34 (6)

3 (0.4)

 

 Missing data

99 (14)

9 (1)

 

Treatment, n (%)

 IVT alone

60 (9)

112 (16)

< 0.0001

 EVT

0

55 (8)

 

 Any reperfusion therapy

60 (9)

167 (23)

< 0.0001

 Missing data

0

0

 

12-month prognosis, n (%)

 mRS [0–2]

251 (48)

319 (61)

< 0.0001

 mRS [3–6]

276 (52)

202 (39)

 

 Missing data

169 (24)

196 (27)

 
  1. CT Computed Tomography, ECC Emergency Call Center, EVT Endovascular Treatment, ICU Intensive Care Unit, IVT Intravenous Thrombolysis, MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging, mRS modified Rankin Scale; SMUR, Service Mobile d’Urgence et de Réanimation (system of highly medicalized transportation)