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Age Predicts Functional Outcome in Acute Stroke Patients with rt-PA Treatment

Table 4

Comparison of main outcomes among studies.
 NINDS [8]Chulalongkorn [7]Thammasat [9]Present study
IV rt-PA rate (%)N/A22111
Mean NIHSS score1420159
Mean door-to-needle time (min)N/A705442
Mean onset-to-treatment time (min)N/A137.7160109
Symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage6.45.925
Note. N/A: not available; rt-PA: intravenous recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA); NIHSS: The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale.