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. 2020 Jun 2;267(10):2961–2970. doi: 10.1007/s00415-020-09955-5

Table 2.

Time delays in recognition of stroke and performance of neuroimaging studies according to neurologic manifestations

LKNT to FFAT
Median (IQR)
p value FFAT to neuroimaging
Median (IQR)
p value
IOS 8.9 (2.6−23.5) 0.482 5.4 (1.5−24.5) 0.010
 Ischemic IOS 9.1 (2.3−23.5) 6.7 (1.9−29.3)
 Hemorrhagic IOS 8.4 (4.1−29.9) 1.8 (1.0−7.4)
Neurological manifestations
 Altered mental status
  Absent (n = 60) 5.9 (1.8−15.0) 0.027 3.3 (1.4−16.3) 0.183
  Present (n = 144) 10.2 (3.5−32.3) 6.8 (1.5−29.3)
 Hemiparesis
  Absent (n = 149) 9.2 (2.6−23.9) 0.811 7.3 (1.8−35.9) 0.002
  Present (n = 55) 8.0 (3.8−20.5) 2.8 (1.1−9.7)
 Seizure
  Absent (n = 176) 9.6 (3.0−24.8) 0.047 5.4 (1.5−23.2) 0.118
  Present (n = 28) 4.4 (1.1−13.9) 5.5 (2.9−46.6)
 Pupillary change
  Absent (n = 189) 9.2 (2.4−24.7) 0.718 6.1 (1.8−25.9) 0.006
  Present (n = 15) 7.6 (4.0−15.2) 1.1 (0.9−6.6)

IQR interquartile range, IOS intensive care unit-onset stroke, FFAT first-found-abnormal time, LKNT last-known-normal time