Research Article
Assessment of the Implementation of Critical Pathway in Stroke Patients: A 10-Year Follow-Up Study
Table 3
Comparison of the number of stroke patients with complications before and after CP implementation.
| | Before () | After () | value |
| | Poststroke shoulder pain | 78 (78.0%) | 389 (45.2%) | 0.000 | | Dysphagia | 66 (66.0%) | 461 (53.6%) | 0.024 | | Poststroke depression | 46 (46.0%) | 169 (19.7%) | 0.000 | | Foley catheter insertion | 38 (38.0%) | 192 (22.3%) | 0.001 | | Pneumonia | 32 (32.0%) | 82 (9.5%) | 0.000 | | Urinary tract infection | 23 (23.0%) | 80 (9.3%) | 0.000 | | Hydrocephalus | 21 (21.0%) | 51 (5.9%) | 0.000 | | Drug reaction | 20 (20.0%) | 74 (8.6%) | 0.001 | | Tracheostomy | 20 (20.0%) | 77 (9.0%) | 0.001 | | Stroke progression | 19 (19.0%) | 33 (3.8%) | 0.000 | | GI symptoms | 17 (17.0%) | 122 (14.2%) | 0.544 | | Electrolyte abnormality | 12 (12.0%) | 17 (2.0%) | 0.000 | | Deep vein thrombosis | 8 (8.0%) | 27 (3.1%) | 0.030 | | Fall | 8 (8.0%) | 12 (1.4%) | 0.000 | | Poststroke seizure | 7 (7.0%) | 13 (1.5%) | 0.001 | | PEG | 5 (5.0%) | 16 (1.9%) | 0.095 | | Decubitus ulcer | 3 (3.0%) | 34 (4.0%) | 0.846 | | Heterotopic ossification | 2 (2.0%) | 3 (0.3%) | 0.151 |
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Values are presented as the number (%). CP: critical pathway; GI: gastrointestinal; PEG: percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy. , , and . |
