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. 2020 Aug 3:1–7. doi: 10.1017/cjn.2020.170

Table 1:

Time metrics in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke patients before and after the declared regional social and healthcare restrictions

After SHR Before SHR p-value
Intravenous thrombolysis with tPA
 Number of patients 12 97
 Age (years, median, IQR) 68 (56–78) 74 (64–85) 0.220
 NIHSS score on admission (median, IQR) 8 (4–12) 12 (8–19) 0.010
 Onset-to-door time (min, median, IQR) 55 (45–74) 64 (44–92) 0.480
 ER triage time (min, median, IQR) 5 (3–7.5) 4 (3–6) 0.888
 Door-to-CT time (min, median, IQR) 19 (14–27) 13 (9–17) 0.008
 CT-to-needle time (min, median, IQR) 38 (26–46) 24 (17–33) 0.023
 Door-to-needle time (min, median, IQR) 61 (46–72) 37 (30–50) 0.005
 Onset-to-treatment time (min, median, IQR) 121 (87–183) 104 (77–147) 0.394
Endovascular thrombectomy
 Number of patients 18 154
 Age (years, median, IQR) 68 (62–84) 74 (62–83) 0.681
 NIHSS score on admission (median, IQR) 17 (13–21) 18 (14–22) 0.602
 Transfer from primary stroke center (%) 55.5% 63.6% 0.502
 tPA pretreatment (%) 70.5% 45.8% 0.052
 Door-in-to-door-out time (min, median, IQR)* 94 (79–116) 91 (79–110) 0.656
 Onset-to-door time (min, median, IQR) 154 (90–226) 235 (145–415) 0.037
 Door-to-CT time (min, median, IQR) 20 (15–33) 11 (5–20) 0.035
 Angiography suite arrival to groin puncture time (min, median, IQR) 19 (16–22) 16 (13–20) 0.022
 Door-to-groin puncture time (min, median, IQR) 60 (33–110) 43 (29–82) 0.391
 Onset-to-groin puncture time (min, median, IQR) 238 (180–275) 293 (201–453) 0.164
 Door-to-recanalization (min, median, IQR) 117 (62–139) 77 (58–123) 0.348

ER = emergency room; IQR = interquartile range; NIHSS = National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; SHR = social and healthcare restrictions; tPA = tissue plasminogen activator.

*

For patients transferred from a primary center for endovascular thrombectomy.