TABLE 3.

Discharge outcomes and inpatient complications

	No IVT	IVT
	%	%	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	P value	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	P value
All cases	(N=1,133)	(N=32,911)
Inpatient mortality	41.6	32.4	0.671 (0.528–0.854)	0.001	0.670 (0.520–0.865)	0.002
Favorable discharge*	23.2	28.1	1.292 (0.969–1.724)	0.080	1.335 (0.983–1.812)	0.064
Unfavorable discharge†	61.3	54.1	0.745 (0.575–0.965)	0.026	0.670 (0.502–0.894)	0.007
Bacterial meningitis	3.0	2.0	0.674 (0.266–1.708)	0.402	0.525 (0.202–1.362)	0.185
Ventricular shunting	7.8	11.1	1.470 (1.027–2.103)	0.034	1.358 (0.929–1.984)	0.114
Gastrointestinal bleeding	1.7	1.3	0.731 (0.262–2.037)	0.547	0.591 (0.204–1.719)	0.334
Tracheostomy	2.3	2.9	1.230 (0.537–2.817)	0.624	1.401 (0.592–3.317)	0.442
Gastrostomy	26.0	33.3	1.422 (1.069–1.893)	0.015	1.250 (0.947–1.650)	0.116
Withdrawal of care excluded	(N=1,020)	(N=30,581)
Inpatient mortality	38.7	26.9	0.583 (0.445–0.764)	<0.001	0.614 (0.460–0.821)	0.001
Favorable discharge*	24.6	30.9	1.365 (1.022–1.825)	0.035	1.333 (0.983–1.807)	0.064
Unfavorable discharge†	58.8	49.7	0.693 (0.528–0.909)	0.008	0.677 (0.505–0.906)	0.009
Bacterial meningitis	3.1	2.2	0.720 (0.285–1.823)	0.487	0.560 (0.217–1.449)	0.232
Ventricular shunting	8.3	11.1	1.388 (0.948–2.033)	0.091	1.248 (0.847–1.841)	0.263
Gastrointestinal bleeding	1.8	1.4	0.774 (0.276–2.169)	0.625	0.610 (0.209–1.784)	0.367
Tracheostomy	2.5	2.6	1.041 (0.490–2.213)	0.917	1.142 (0.522–2.497)	0.739
Gastrostomy	27.3	34.5	1.404 (1.054–1.871)	0.020	1.183 (0.902–1.552)	0.224

^*Discharge to home/self-care or rehabilitation.

^†Discharge to skilled nursing facility, hospice or death.

Sum of favorable and unfavorable discharge rates is not 100% as other less common specified (such as home health care, law enforcement, intermediate care center) and unspecified discharge dispositions were not included in the definitions.

IVT=intraventricular thrombolysis