Table 2.
Treatment and complications
| Pneumonia at the SU | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | |||
| Treatment and complications | 56447 (94.8 %) | 3111 (5.2 %) | P | 5–95 % CI | OR | p |
| iv-Thrombolytic therapy¸ n (%) | 7822 (13.9) | 685 (22) | <0.001 | |||
| Iv Insulin¸ n (%) | 464 (0.8) | 131 (4.2) | <0.001 | 1.22–1.98 | 1.55 | <0.001 |
| Iv Antihypertensive drugs, n (%) | 2163 (3.8) | 379 (12.2) | <0.001 | 1.22–1.62 | 1.41 | <0.001 |
| Lipid lowering drugs, n (%) | 28657 (63.8) | 1213 (50.2) | <0.001 | |||
| Antiplatelet drugs, n (%) | 45408 (80.4) | 2279 (73.3) | <0.001 | |||
| Endotracheal intubation, n (%) | 400 (0.7) | 143 (4.6) | <0.001 | |||
| Nasogastric tube, n (%) | 3864 (6.8) | 1461 (47) | <0.001 | 2.84–3.47 | 3.14 | <0.001 |
| Percutaneous gastrostomy, n (%) | 286 (0.5) | 175 (5.6 % | <0.001 | 2.02–3.14 | 2.52 | <0.001 |
| Urinary catheter, n (%) | 15382 (27.3) | 2471 (79.4) | <0.001 | 2.15–2.72 | 2.42 | <0.001 |
| Physiotherapy, n (%) | 39207 (69.5) | 2741 (88.1) | <0.001 | |||
| NIHSS at discharge from SU, median, interquartile range | 2 (0, 5) | 13 (6, 20) | <0.001 | |||
| Difference NIHSS admission – discharge, median, interquartile | 1 (0, 3) | 0 (−1, 3) | <0.001 | |||
| Speech therapy, n (%) | 29020 (51.4) | 2337 (75.1) | <0.001 | 1.23–1.5 | 1.36 | <0.001 |
| Progressive stroke, n (%) | 1447 (2.6) | 296 (9.5) | <0.001 | 1.47–2.01 | 1.72 | <0.001 |
| Recurrent stroke, n (%) | 425 (0.8) | 82 (2.6) | <0.001 | 1.25–2.25 | 1.68 | <0.001 |
| SICH, n (%) | 552 (1.0) | 151 (4.9) | <0.001 | |||
| Epileptic seizure, n (%) | 451 (0.8) | 119 (3.8) | <0.001 | 1.36–2.23 | 1.74 | <0.001 |
| Brain edema, n (%) | 550 (1.0) | 222 (7.1) | <0.001 | 1.29–1–9 | 1.56 | <0.001 |
| Septicemia, n (%) | 141 (0.2) | 87 (2.8) | <0.001 | 2.47–4.83 | 3.45 | <0.001 |
| Urinary tract infection, n (%) | 2042 (3.6) | 444 (14.3) | <0.001 | 1.1–1.42 | 1.25 | <0.001 |
| Heart failure, n (%) | 661 (1.2) | 328 (10.5) | <0.001 | 2.16–3.04 | 2.56 | <0.001 |
| Pulmonary embolism, n (%) | 85 (0.2) | 42 (1.4) | <0.001 | |||
| Arrhythmia, n (%) | 1187 (2.1) | 378 (12.2) | <0.001 | 1.79–2.43 | 2.08 | <0.001 |
NIHSS denotes National Institute of Health Stoke Scale, SICH symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage. Numbers are n and % or median and interquartile range, as indicated. OR denotes odds ratio, CI confidence interval. Multivariate analysis is continued from Table 1