Correlation between door-to-needle time and short-term outcome of minor ischemic stroke / 国际脑血管病杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To investigate the correlation between the door-to-needle time (DNT) delay and the short-term functional outcome after intravenous thrombolysis in patients with minor ischemic stroke and the influencing factors of DNT delay.Methods:From October 2016 to May 2018, patients with minor ischemic stroke received intravenous thrombolysis with alteplase from the Stroke Database of Nanjing First Hospital were enrolled retrospectively. DNT delay was defined as DNT > median. The modified Rankin Scale was used to evaluate the short-term functional outcome at 3 months after stroke. 0-1 was defined as good outcome, and ≥2 was defined as poor outcome. Univariate analysis was used to evaluate the correlation between DNT delay and short-term functional outcome. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the possible influencing factors of DNT delay. Results:A total of 102 patients with minor ischemic stroke were enrolled. The median DNT was 40 min, 36 patients (35.3%) had DNT delay, and 27 patients (26.5%) had poor short-term outcome. Univariate analysis showed that there was no significant difference in the proportion of patients with DNT delay between the poor outcome group and the good outcome group (44.4% vs. 32.0%; χ2=1.346, P=0.252). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that there was a significant independent negative correlation between hypertension and DNT delay (odds ratio 0.359, 95% confidence interval 0.137-0.939; P=0.037). Conclusion:For patients with minor ischemic stroke receiving intravenous thrombolysis, DNT delay is not associated with the outcome. The absence of hypertension may be one of the factors affecting the DNT delay.