Table 1.

Patient Presentation Summary

Patient	Age (sex)	Cardiovascular risk factors	NIHSS	Clinical presentation	SBP	LWK to arrival (minutes)	Code stroke (time to code)
1	83 (F)	HTN, PFO, TIA, smoker	11	Obtundation after a fall	172	688
2	85 (F)	HTN, DM2, CAD, Afib, CHF, Valve replacement, CVA, smoker	6	Waxing and waning dysarthria and disorientation	150	167
3	63 (M)	HTN, DM2, PFO	2	Dizziness, diplopia, somnolence, memory disturbance	89	7360
4	70 (F)	HTN, HLD, Malignancy	7	Obtundation, eventually started on EEG	171	45
5	65 (M)	None	2	Somnolence, disorientation, dysarthria, diplopia	201	4320
6	90 (F)	HTN, HLD, CAD, Afib, smoker	18	Acute-onset unresponsiveness after an ERCP	172	a
7	59 (M)	HTN, DM2, HLD, smoker	2	Disorientation, somnolence, acute memory disturbance	109	1487
8	76 (F)	HTN	6	Disorientation and diplopia, later developed right-hand numbness	171	3612
9	72 (F)	Smoker	2	Woke up with disorientation, dysarthria, diplopia	195	861	Code Stroke (31 min)
10	64 (M)	Malignancy	26	Found unresponsive after total knee replacement	166	a
11	58 (M)	HTN, DM2, HLD	30	Acute-onset unresponsiveness, diplopia reported by family	205	490
12	59 (F)	DM2, smoker	37	Intubated with low GCS, septic, dilated pupils, s/p mannitol	167	a
13	43 (M)	HTN, CVA, CNS vasculitis due to HIV, smoker	2	Dysarthria and diplopia, cognitive impairment	137	214	Code Stroke (18 min)
14	84 (M)	HTN, HLD, OSA, smoker	33	Acute unresponsiveness, reported diplopia, pupils sluggish R>L while intubated	150	89	Code Stroke (85 min), tPA (92 min)
15	60 (F)	HTN, smoker	0	Diplopia, abnormal taste, smell, ataxia, disorientation	158	8640
Median (IQR)	65.0 (59.5–79.5)		6.0 (2.0–22.0)		167.0 (150.0–172.0)	774.5 (202.25–3789.0)

Abbreviations: SBP = systolic blood pressure; ERCP = endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatectomy; FTH = Found to have; GCS = Glasgow Coma Scale; LWK = last well known; S/p = status post.

^aDid not present to the emergency department. Patients were already admitted for treatment of an unrelated diagnosis.