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Table 3 Details of the procedure

From: Mechanical thrombectomy: can it be safely delivered out of hours in the UK?

 

Total (n = 501)

In-hours (n = 211)

Out-of-hours (n = 290)

Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI); p value*

CT perfusion: n (%)

56 (11.2)

35 (16.6)

21 (7.2)

2.49 (1.36, 4.54); .003

General anaesthetic: n (%)

371 (74.1)

158 (77.1)

213 (77.2)

1.08 (0.69, 1.70); .744

Successful recanalization: n (%)

431 (86.0)

188 (90.4)

243 (85.3)

1.93 (1.07, 3.50); .030

First pass recanalization: n (%)

223 (44.5)

83 (42.1)

140 (53.2)

0.64 (0.43, 0.94); .023

Intracranial vasospasm: n (%)

7 (1.4)

3 (1.4)

4 (1.4)

1.37 (0.28, 6.85); .699

Dissection: n (%)

33 (6.6)

18 (8.6)

15 (5.3)

1.92 (0.91, 4.03); 086

  1. Percentages are valid percentages (based on non-missing values) Successful recanalization was defined as a thrombolysis in cerebral infarction (TICI) score of 2b or 3. An odds ratio greater than 1 indicates that the outcome was more likely among in-hours patients than among out-of-hours patients, and an odds ratio less than 1 that it was less likely
  2. * Out-of-hours as reference category. Adjusted for age, sex, hypertension, atrial fibrillation, hyperlipidaemia, diabetes mellitus, previous stroke/TIA, coma, NIHSS at onset, anterior/posterior circulation lesion
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