Objective: The aim of this study was to identify reasons acute stroke patients did not receive thrombolysis despite meeting Code Stroke activation criteria in Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital during November 2015 until February 2019.
Methods: This study retrospectively collected data of adult (aged>18 y old) acute stroke patients admitted to Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital from November 2015 to February 2019 who met criteria for Code Stroke activation but did not undergo thrombolysis. Patient’ data were collected from Code Stroke Registry of Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital.
Results: There were 518 acute stroke patients who had Code Stroke activated in Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital from November 2015 to February 2019. 76.3% of acute stroke patients did not receive thrombolytic therapy (n=395). Hemorrhage on computed tomography (CT) scan was the most common reason patients did not receive thrombolysis. The following most common reasons were low or improved National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score, family refusal, and exceedance of time window.
Conclusion: Hemorrhage on CT scan was the most common reason patients did not receive thrombolysis following by low or improved NIHSS score, family refusal, and exceedance of time window.
Background
Length of stay (LOS) is an important indicator of the optimization of health services and hospital financing efficiency in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) patients. The purpose of this study was to develop a scoring model to predict the LOS of patients with aSAH.
Method
A clinical scoring was developed based on retrospectively collected data from the cerebral aneurysm registry of the National Brain Center Hospital, Jakarta, from January 2019 to June 2022. Multivariate logistic regression was used to determine the odds ratio for risk-adjusted prolonged LOS. LOS predictors were obtained based on the regression coefficients and converted into a point score model.
Results
Of the 209 aSAH patients observed, 117 patients had prolonged LOS (> 14 days of hospital stay). A clinical score was developed with a range of 0–7 points. Four variables were chosen as predictors of prolonged LOS: the presence of high-grade aSAH (1 point), aneurysm treatment (endovascular coiling: 1 point; surgical clipping: 2 points), cardiovascular comorbidities (1 point), and hospital-acquired pneumonia (3 points). The score showed good discrimination with an area under the receiving operating characteristics curve (AUC) of 0.8183 (SE 0.0278) and a p-value for the Hosmer–Lemeshow (HL) goodness-of-fit of 0.9322.
Conclusion
This simple clinical score reliably predicted prolonged LOS in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage cases and may aid clinicians in improving patient outcomes and decreasing healthcare costs.
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