Research Article
Imbalanced Regional Development of Acute Ischemic Stroke Care in Emergency Departments in China
Table 4
Comparison of AIS treatment with/without green pathway in different regions.
| | Characteristics | Regions | | East (N = 230) | Middle (N = 84) | West (N = 131) | | With GP (N = 207) | Without GP (N = 23) | | With GP (N = 65) | Without GP (N = 19) | | With GP (N = 112) | Without GP (N = 19) | |
| | Proportion of IS (%) | | <20 | 132 (57.39) | 16 (69.57) | 0.748 | 40 (61.54) | 10 (52.63) | 0.667 | 83 (74.11) | 14 (73.68) | 1 | | ≥20 | 75 (32.61) | 7 (30.43) | 25 (38.46) | 9 (47.37) | 29 (25.89) | 5 (26.32) |
| | Door-to-needle time (min) | | <30 | 26 (11.3) | 1 (4.35) | 0.071 | 12 (18.46) | 1 (5.26) | 0.002 | 13 (11.61) | 2 (10.53) | 0.680 | | 30–60 | 127 (55.22) | 11 (47.83) | 37 (56.92) | 5 (26.32) | 52 (46.43) | 7 (36.84) | | ≥60 | 54 (23.48) | 11 (47.83) | 16 (24.62) | 13 (68.42) | 47 (41.96) | 10 (52.63) |
| | Onset-to-needle time (hours) | | <4.5 | 112 (48.7) | 11 (47.83) | 0.735 | 27 (41.54) | 5 (26.32) | 0.094 | 50 (44.64) | 9 (47.37) | 0.972 | | 4.5–6.0 | 48 (20.87) | 7 (30.43) | 21 (32.31) | 4 (21.05) | 32 (28.57) | 5 (26.32) | | ≥6 | 47 (20.43) | 5 (21.74) | 17 (26.15) | 10 (52.63) | 30 (26.79) | 5 (26.32) |
| | Proportion of rtPA (%) | | <10 | 44 (19.13) | 14 (60.87) | <0.001 | 18 (27.69) | 15 (78.95) | <0.001 | 52 (46.43) | 14 (73.68) | 0.105 | | 10–30 | 14 (6.09) | 0 (0) | 3 (4.62) | 0 (0) | 10 (8.93) | 2 (10.53) | | 30–50 | 14 (6.09) | 2 (8.7) | 8 (12.31) | 0 (0) | 7 (6.25) | 1 (5.26) | | ≥50 | 135 (58.7) | 7 (30.43) | 36 (55.38) | 4 (21.05) | 43 (38.39) | 2 (10.53) |
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