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Table 3 Time (minutes) between onset of symptoms, seeking medical advice and arrival at ED for patients with stroke overall and by most common prehospital paths

From: Prehospital paths and hospital arrival time of patients with acute coronary syndrome or stroke, a prospective observational study

 

Overall

Most common prehospital path

 

Ambulance – ED

GP – ED

GP – ambulance – ED

GP cooperative – ambulance – ED

N = 243

N = 58 (23.9 %)

N = 55 (22.6 %)

N = 55 (22.6 %)

N = 35 (14.4 %)

N (%)a

N (%)b

N (%)b

N (%)b

N (%)b

Symptom – arrival

Median (25-75th)

240 (90–1031)

83 (49–288)

781 (291–1929)

209 (98–1031)

183 (83–1206)

  < 60

34 (14.6)

21 (38.2)

1 (1.9)

6 (11.5)

5 (14.3)

 60–239

82 (35.3)

17 (31.0)

9 (17.1)

23 (44.2)

18 (51.4)

 240–359

24 (10.3)

6 (10.9)

8 (15.1)

5 (9.6)

2 (5.8)

  > = 360

92 (39.7)

11 (20.0)

35 (66.0)

18 (34.6)

10 (28.6)

Symptom – medical advicec

Median (25–75th)

60 (10–450)

15 (5–60)

195 (60–1140)

60 (15–315)

23 (5–300)

  < 60

117 (48.8)

42 (73.7)

13 (23.6)

25 (46.3)

22 (64.7)

 60–239

47 (19.7)

6 (10.5)

16 (29.1)

13 (24.1)

4 (11.8)

 240–359

7 (2.9)

2 (3.5)

2 (3.6)

2 (3.7)

0 (0)

  > = 360

69 (28.7)

7 (12.3)

24 (43.6)

14 (25.9)

8 (23.5)

Medical advice – arrival

Median (25–75th)

98 (54–217)

54 (35–93)

238 (111–402)

106 (59–266)

99 (64–174)

  < 60

62 (27.7)

28 (51.9)

4 (8.0)

12 (24.0)

7 (20.6)

 60–239

111 (49.5)

21 (38.9)

22 (44.0)

25 (50.0)

23 (67.6)

 240–359

18 (8.1)

1 (1.9)

9 (18.0)

6 (12.0)

1 (2.9)

  > = 360

33 (14.7)

4 (7.4)

15 (30.0)

7 (14.0)

3 (8.8)

  1. a≤ 19 missings
  2. b≤ five missings
  3. cIs patient delay