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Table 1 Characteristics of patients with a positive answer to the conjugated eye deviation question (n = 81)

From: Emergency medical dispatchers’ ability to identify large vessel occlusion stroke during emergency calls

 

n, (%), [Q1–Q3]

Median age, years

75 [62–90]

Gender male

36 (44)

Location of the EMS mission

 Private residence

48 (59)

 Healthcare facility / nursing home / assisted living

22 (27)

 Public location

11 (14)

Medical Historya

 Hypertension

53 (65)

 Diabetes

25 (31)

 Atrial fibrillation

21 (26)

 Dementia

21 (26)

 Previous CVA

23 (28)

 Existing advance care planning

17 (21)

Gaze deviation

 Verified by the paramedics

9 (11)

 Verified in the ED

8 (10)

ED diagnosis

 AIS

24 (30)

  treated with MT

2

 Spontaneous ICH

4 (5)

 Traumatic ICH

3 (4)

 Epileptic seizure

6 (7)

 Infection

5 (6)

 Symptom-based diagnosis

13 (16)

 Hypoglycaemia

2 (3)

 Aftermath of CVA

3 (4)

 Intoxication

3 (4)

 Other

8 (10)

  (traumatic brain injury, mydriasis, hypotension, kidney failure, arthritis, hydrocephalus, gluteal trauma, monitoring)

 

 No ED admission

10 (12)

  1. aDescribed in the ED admission report
  2. AIS Acute ischemic stroke, CVA Cerebrovascular accident, ED Emergency department, EMS Emergency medical services, ICH Intracerebral haemorrhage, MT Mechanical thrombectomy