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| | Age, median (range) | 60 (19–92) | 63 (29–87) | 0.13 | | Gender, % male | 52 (50.9%) | 37 (61.7%) | 0.19 | | Baseline NIHSS, median (range) | 17 (0–40) | 14 (0–40) | 0.0446 | | Baseline GCS, median (range) | 14 (3–15) | 14 (3–15) | 0.36 | | Baseline ICH score, median (range) | 2 (0–5) | 1 (0–5) | 0.21 | | Glucose, median (range) | 135 (70–421) | 133 (85–329) | 0.81 | | Length of stay in ED in minutes, median (range) | 218 (51–739) | 306 (68–2944) | 0.0007 | | Intubated in the ED, % | 33 (32.3%) | 18 (30%) | 0.76 | | Intubated by EMS, % | 3 (2.9%) | 1 (1.7%) | 0.37 | | Neuroworsening, % | 59/84 (70.2%) | 30/48 (62.5%) | 0.36 | | Pneumonia, % | 17 (16.8%) | 10 (16.7%) | 0.98 | | Length of stay in days, median (range) | 7 (1–86) | 9 (1–34) | 0.93 | | mRS on discharge, median (range) | 4 (0–6) | 4 (1–6) | 0.31 | | Discharge mRS percents | | | | | mRS 0–2, % | 12 (11.8%) | 8 (13.3%) | 0.77 | | mRS 3-4, % | 42 (41.2%) | 29 (48.3%) | 0.38 | | mRS 5-6, % | 48 (47.1%) | 23 (38.3%) | 0.28 | | Discharge NIHSS, median (range) | 14 (0–42) | 11 (0–42) | 0.42 | | Discharge NIHSS | | | | | NIHSS 0–6, % | 32 (32.3%) | 22 (37.3%) | 0.52 | | NIHSS 7–22, % | 34 (34.3%) | 21 (35.6%) | 0.87 | | NIHSS >22, % | 33 (33.3%) | 16 (27.1%) | 0.41 | | Disposition, % | | | 0.80 | | AMA | 0 | 0 | | | Home or home with home health | 17 (16.7%) | 11 (18.3%) | | | Inpatient rehab | 39 (38.2%) | 23 (38.3%) | | | Transfer to another service | 1 (0.98%) | 0 | | | SNF/NH | 12 (11.8%) | 7 (11.7%) | | | LTAC | 4 (3.9%) | 5 (8.3%) | | | Hospice | 5 (4.9%) | 1 (1.7%) | | | Death | 24 (23.5%) | 13 (21.7%) | | | Good disposition (home or inpatient rehab), % | 56 (54.9%) | 34 (56.7%) | 0.83 | | Death, % | 24 (23.5%) | 13 (21.7%) | 0.78 |
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