Comparison of Short-term Outcomes of Thrombolysis for In-Hospital Stroke and Out-of-Hospital Stroke in United States

Therapies Thursday, May 2nd, 2013

STROKEAHA: April 30, 2013

Background and Purpose—In-hospital stroke (IHS) differs from out-of-hospital stroke (OHS) in risk factors and outcomes. We compared IHS and OHS treated with thrombolysis from a large national cohort in a cross-sectional study to further clarify these differences.

Methods—The Nationwide Inpatient Sample for the years 2005–2010 was searched for adult acute ischemic stroke cases treated with intravenous or intra-arterial thrombolysis. Patients treated on the day of admission were classified as OHS. We compared the demographic and hospital characteristics, comorbidities, and short-term outcomes of thrombolysed IHS and OHS. Read more

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