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Table 3 Performance measures, percentage of patients with pneumonia and 30-days case fatality

From: Performance measures for in-hospital care of acute ischemic stroke in public hospitals in Chile

Measure

Number of interventions performed/number indicated

% (95% CI)

Percentage of patients with neurological evaluation on admission

389/677

52.4 (48.3-56.5)

Dysphagia screening

84/609*

12.1 (9.7-15.0)

Prescription of antithrombotics at discharge

457/612†

68.9 (64.6-72.9)

Intravenous thrombolysis

15/677

1.70 (1.0-3.0)

In-hospital pneumonia

167/677

23.6 (20.4- 27.2)

30-day case fatality

59/677

8.7 (6.7-11.3)

  1. *68 patients who were unconscious at hospital admission were excluded.
  2. † Patients who died during their hospital stay were excluded.