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Variables Associated with Hospital Arrival Time After Stroke Stroke 28:537-542, Azzimondi,G.,et al, 1997 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract The mean interval between onset of symptoms and hospital arrival was 680 minutes;59 patients(31%)arrived within 2 hours and 100(53%)within 5 hours. Onset of symptoms when awake,drowsiness or coma,and paralysis of at least one limb were the only independent predictors of hospital arrival within 2 and 5 hours in both the total sample and the subgroup of patients who were awake at stroke onset.Patients with milder symptoms,for whom treatment might be more effective,were less likely to arrive in time for therapy.The proposed model of the relationship between the delay in hospital presentation after a stroke and the clinical efficiency of a given treatment might be useful for planning future clinical trials on early stroke treatment and predicting the impact of an educational program aimed at shortening arrival time.

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