Management of acute ischemic stroke, thrombolysis rate, and predictors of clinical outcome.
Monica Bandettini di PoggioCinzia FinocchiFederica BrizzoFiorella AltomonteFrancesca BovisNicola MavilioCarlo SerratiLaura MalfattoGianLuigi MancardiMaurizio BalestrinoPublished in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2018)
i.v. thrombolysis and mechanical thrombectomy rate was higher than that of previous reports. Minor stroke or stroke in rapid improvement was a major reason for exclusion from thrombolysis of eligible patients. Higher NIHSS proved an independent predictor of unfavorable clinical outcome and death. Strategies to avoid in-hospital delays need to be enforced.