Table 1.
Passed SLP evaluation (n = 104) | Passed RN screen (n = 673) | Passed physician screen (n = 12) | P-value | |
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Age, median y (IQR) | 70 (63-78) | 67 (58-76) | 63 (55-72) | .04 |
Female, no. (%) | 56 (54%) | 284 (42%) | 5 (42%) | .08 |
mRS prior to admission, median (IQR) | 1 (0-2) | 0 (0-2) | 0 (0-1) | .04 |
Race, no. (%) | .49 | |||
Caucasian | 60 (58%) | 351/672 (52%) | 9 (75%) | |
Black | 30 (29%) | 194 (29%) | 3 (25%) | |
Asian | 2 (2%) | 12 (2%) | 0 (0%) | |
Other | 12 (12%) | 115 (17%) | 0 (0%) | |
Hispanic, no. (%) | 10/100 (10%) | 90/643 (14%) | 0 (0%) | .26 |
Past medical history, no. (%) | ||||
Hypertension | 90 (87%) | 566/671 (84%) | 11 (92%) | .68 |
Dyslipidemia | 59 (57%) | 434/672 (65%) | 10 (83%) | .12 |
Diabetes | 37 (36%) | 273/672 (41%) | 6 (50%) | .48 |
Prior stroke | 27 (26%) | 187/672 (28%) | 1 (8%) | .35 |
Atrial fibrillation | 24 (23%) | 116/671 (17%) | 1 (8%) | .25 |
Coronary artery disease | 22 (21%) | 152/672 (23%) | 1 (8%) | .61 |
Congestive heart failure | 19/103 (18%) | 98/672 (15%) | 2 (17%) | .53 |
Baseline NIHSS, median (IQR) | 11 (5-18) | 3 (1-6) | 3 (2-5) | <.01 |
Baseline NIHSS subscores, no. (%) | ||||
≥2 points for level of alertness | 40 (38%) | 83 (12%) | 4 (33%) | <.01 |
≥2 points for facial weakness | 79 (76%) | 241 (36%) | 6 (5%) | <.01 |
≥1 point for dysarthria a | 79 (76%) | 241 (36%) | 6 (5%) | <.01 |
Anterior circulation only infarction, no. (%) | 73/102 (72%) | 396/630 (63%) | 10/11 (90%) | .05 |
ASPECTS b , median (IQR) | 9 (8-10) | 9 (9-10) | 10 (8-10) | .04 |
Occlusion of ICA, M1, or basilar, no. (%) | 30 (29%) | 71 (11%) | 3 (25%) | <.01 |
Thrombolysis, no. (%) | 24 (23%) | 53 (8%) | 2 (17%) | <.01 |
Administration of first antiplatelet, no. (%) | ||||
Aspirin | 101 (97%) | 670 (99.6%) | 12 (100%) | .046 |
Rectally administered for first dose? | 28/101 (28%) | 24/670 (4%) | 1/12 (8%) | <.01 |
Non-aspirin | 3 (3%) | 3 (.5%) | 0 (0%) | .046 |
SLP denotes: speech and language pathology; RN: registered nurse; IQR: interquartile range; mRS: Modified Rankin Score; NIHSS: NIH Stroke Scale/Score; ASPECTS: Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score; and ICA: internal carotid artery.
aNote: 105/789 (13%) patients had ≥1 point for dysarthria and ≥2 points for facial weakness, 221/789 (28%) had dysarthria without facial weakness, and 22/789 (3%) had facial weakness without dysarthria.
bASPECTS provided for patients with anterior circulation only infarctions.