|
Variable
|
All patients (n = 237)
|
Patients transitioned to palliative level of care (n = 80)
|
Patients not transitioned to palliative level of care (n = 157)
|
p- value
|
|---|
|
Location
| | | |
.001
|
|
Left MCA n (%)
|
129 (55%)
|
55 (70%)
|
74 (47%)
| |
|
Right MCA n (%)
|
107 (45%)
|
24 (30%)
|
83 (53%)
| |
|
Admit NIHSS score
| | | |
<.001
|
| | | | |
<.001
|
|
0–6 n (%)
|
28 (12%)
|
4 (5%)
|
24 (15%)
| |
|
7–15 n (%)
|
69 (30%)
|
14 (18%)
|
55 (35%)
| |
|
16 and higher n (%)
|
136 (58%)
|
58 (76%)
|
78 (50%)
| |
|
Median (IQR*)
|
17 (10,20)
|
19 (16, 23)
|
15 (8,19)
| |
|
Intraarterial tPA n (%)
|
44(19%)
|
30 (38%)
|
14 (9%)
|
<.001
|
|
Intravenous tPA n (%)
|
89 (38%)
|
30 (38%)
|
59 (38%)
|
.953
|
|
Use of Device (n = 26)
|
26 (11%)
|
7 (9%)
|
19 (12%)
|
.453
|
|
Day of Week
| | | |
.001
|
|
Weekend n (%)
|
81 (34%)
|
16 (20%)
|
65 (41%)
| |
|
Weekday n (%))
|
155 (66%)
|
63 (80%)
|
92 (59%)
| |
|
Ability to be assessed on 1st swallow evaluation
| | | |
<.001
|
|
Can n (%)
|
135 (57%)
|
14 (18%)
|
121 (77%)
| |
|
Cannot n (%)
|
101 (43%)
|
65 (82%)
|
36 (23%)
| |
- *MCA- middle cerebral artery, NIHSS – national institutes of health stroke scale, IQR = interquartile range, tPA- tissue plasminogen activator.
