Table 2.
Clinical Outcomes
| Pt. | Etiology | Outcome comments | MRI | Midbrain infarct | LOS, dc | Premorbid mRS | 3-mo mRS | 12-mo mRS |
| 1 | Small vessel | Bilateral thalami | Yes (Unilateral) | 15 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |
| 2 | Cardioembolic | Bilateral thalamic | No | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| 3 | Small vessel | Bilateral thalamic | Yes (bilateral) | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Hypercoagulability of malignancy | EEG monitored, received Narcan | Bilateral thalami, L parietal lobe, R cerebellar | No | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Small vessel | Bilateral thalamus | No | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |
| 6 | Cardioembolic | Bilateral thalamic | No | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7 | Small vessel | Bilateral thalamic | No | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | Cardioembolic | Bilateral thalamic | Yes (unilateral) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| 9 | Small vessel | Code Stroke (No tPA) | Bilateral thalamus | No | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 10 | Hypercoagulability of malignancy | Received Narcan | Bilateral thalamic | No | 20 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 11 | Large vessel atherosclerosis | Bilateral thalamic | Yes (bilateral) | 21 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 12 | Cardioembolic | Received mannitol | Bilat thalami, punctate embolic | Yes (bilateral) | 27 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 13 | Large vessel atherosclerosis | Code Stroke (No tPA) | Bilateral thalamus | No | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 14 | Cardioembolic | Stroke Code, Received tPA | Bilateral thalamus | No | 7 | 4 | 3b | 4 |
| 15 | Small vessel | Bilateral thalamus | No | 1 | 0a | |||
| Median (IQR) | 6c (2.0–12.0) | 1.5 (0–3.75) | 4 (3.0–4.75) | 4 (3.0–4.5) |
Data not included in calculation of median because follow-up mRS was not available.
Patient had knee injury at baseline that improved at the 3-mo mark, reducing mRS at that time.
Length of stay rounded to the nearest whole days