Comprehensive stroke centers and the 'weekend effect': the SPOTRIAS experience.
Comprehensive stroke centers and the 'weekend effect': the SPOTRIAS experience.
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10.1159/000345077
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2012
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Meyer BC
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Albright KC;Savitz SI;Raman R;Martin-Schild S;Broderick J;Ernstrom K;Ford A;Khatri R;Kleindorfer D;Liebeskind D;Marshall R;Merino JG;Meyer DM;Rost N;Meyer BC
Prior studies found mortality among ischemic stroke patients to be higher on weekends. We sought to evaluate whether weekend admission was associated with worse outcomes in a large comprehensive stroke center (CSC) cohort. Consecutive ischemic stroke patients presenting within 6 hours of symptom onset were identified using the 8 CSC SPOTRIAS database. Patients who received intra-arterial therapy or were enrolled in a non-observational clinical trial were excluded. All patients meeting inclusion criteria were then divided into two groups: weekday admissions or weekend admissions. Weekend admission was defined as Friday 17:01 to Monday 08:59. The remainder were classified weekday admissions. Multivariate logistic regression was used adjusting for age, stroke severity on admission via NIHSS, and admission glucose to compare outcomes in the weekend vs. weekday groups. 8581 subjects from the combined SPOTRIAS database were screened from 2002-2009. 2090 (24.4%) met inclusion criteria. There was no significant difference in t-PA treatment rates between weekday and weekend groups (58.5% vs. 60.4%, p=.397). Weekend admission was not a significant independent predictor of in-hospital mortality (8.4% vs. 9.9%, p=.056), LOS (4 days vs. 5 days, p=.442), favorable discharge disposition (38.0% vs. 42.2%, p=.122), favorable functional outcome at discharge (41.6% vs. 43.4%, p=.805), favorable 90 day functional outcome (54.2% vs. 46.9%, p=.301), or 90 day mortality (18.2% vs. 19.8%, p=.680) when adjusting for age, NIHSS, and admission glucose. In this large cohort of ischemic stroke patients treated at CSC’s, we did not observe the “weekend effect.” This may be due to 24/7/365 access to stroke specialists, nurses with stroke experience, and the organized system for delivering care available at CSCs. These results suggest EMS protocol should be reexamined regarding preferential delivery of weekend stroke victims to hospitals that provide all levels of reperfusion therapy. This further highlights the importance of organized stroke care.
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