Table 3.

Duration of hospital stay and prophylaxis

	Duration, days
	All ischemic stroke patients (n = 1524)		Any prophylaxis patients (n = 776)		In-hospital prophylaxis patients (n = 703)		Outpatient prophylaxis patients (n = 98)
	Mean ± s.d.	Median (range)	Mean ± s.d.	Median (range)	Mean ± s.d.	Median (range)	Mean ± s.d.	Median (range)
Length of index hospital stay	3.0 ± 2.5	2 (1–27)	3.0 ± 2.7	2 (1–27)	2.7 ± 2.2	2 (1–13)	5.2 ± 4.2	4 (1–27)
Inpatient prophylaxis duration	0.9 ± 1.5	0 (0–12)	1.7 ± 1.7	1 (0–12)	1.9 ± 1.6	1 (1–12)	1.2 ± 2.2	0 (0–9)
Outpatient prophylaxis duration	1.7 ± 6.9	0 (0–42)	3.4 ± 9.4	0 (0–42)	1.3 ± 5.9	0 (0–42)	27.0 ± 7.3	30 (2–42)
Total prophylaxis duration	2.6 ± 7.1	1 (0–43)	5.1 ± 9.3	1 (0–43)	3.1 ± 6.5	1 (1–43)	28.2 ± 7.7	30 (3–43)