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Table 1 Demographic and medical characteristics of the study population

From: Effects of state-wide implementation of the Los Angeles Motor Scale for triage of stroke patients in clinical practice

  

Triage decision

Transport destinationa

Total (n = 1123)

CSC (n = 188)

PSC (n = 935)

CSC (n = 424)

PSC (n = 699)

Demographic and prehospital data

 Age, years; median (IQR)

78 (68–85)

74 (66–83)

79 (68–85)

76 (66–84)

80 (69–85)

 Male sex, n (%)

565 (50.3)

97 (51.6)

468 (50.1)

218 (51.4)

347 (49.6)

 Symptom onset to call, min; median (IQR)

55 (11–353)

19 (6–126)

68 (14–406)

36 (8–233)

74 (15–426)

LAMS, n/total n (%)

 LAMS< 4

855/1123 (80.4)

49/855 (5.7)

806/855 (94.3)

269/855 (31.5)

586/855 (68.5)

 LAMS≥4

208/1123 (19.6)

135/208 (64.9)

73/208 (35.1)

140/208 (67.3)

68/208 (32.7)

NIHSS admission, median (IQR)

 All

4 (1–8)

10 (5–17)

3 (1–6)

5 (2–11)

3 (1–6)

 Patients with strokes

4 (2–8)

8 (5–16)

3 (1–6)

5 (2–10)

3 (1–6)

Discharge diagnoses, n (%)

 Ischaemic stroke

644 (57.3)

119 (63.3)

525 (56.1)

254 (59.9)

390 (55.8)

     LVO stroke

78 (6.9)

54 (28.7)

24 (2.6)

58 (13.7)

20 (2.9)

 Intracranial haemorrhage

84 (7.5)

28 (14.9)

45 (4.8)

56 (13.2)

39 (5.6)

 Stroke mimics

395 (35.2)

41 (21.8)

354 (37.9)

125 (29.5)

270 (38.6)

  Epileptic seizure

85 (7.6)

21 (11.2)

64 (6.8)

38 (9.0)

47 (6.7)

  Migraine

11 (1.0)

1 (0.5)

11 (1.2)

3 (0.7)

8 (1.1)

  Vestibulopathy

31 (2.8)

0

31 (3.3)

9 (2.1)

22 (3.1)

  Infection

52 (4.6)

4 (2.1)

48 (5.1)

19 (4. 5)

33 (4.7)

  Exsiccosis

17 (1.5)

0

17 (1.8)

4 (0.9)

13 (1.9)

  Delirium

31 (2.8)

0

31 (3.3)

8 (1.9)

23 (3.3)

  Hypertensive crisis

6 (0.5)

1 (0.5)

5 (0.5)

2 (0.5)

4 (0.6)

  Peripheral facial palsy

11 (1.0)

0

11 (1.2)

6 (1.4)

5 (0.7)

  Intoxication

6 (0.5)

1 (0.5)

5 (0.5)

2 (0.5)

4 (0.6)

  Syncope

18 (1.6)

1 (0.5)

17 (1.8)

4 (0.9)

14 (2.0)

  Other

86 (7.7)

12 (6.4)

74 (7.9)

31 (7.3)

55 (7.9)

  1. CSC Comprehensive stroke centre, PSC Primary stroke centre, IQR Interquartile range, LAMS Los Angeles Motor Scale, NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, mRS Modified Rankin Scale, LVO Large-vessel occlusion
  2. a Including CSCs serving as PSCs if they are the closest stroke centre at all