↓ Figure 1. Flow chart representing included participants.
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Volume 16, Number 1, March 2026, pages 22-29
Utilization of Stroke Kit Antihypertensives Prior to Thrombolysis in Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Single-Center Retrospective Audit
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| BPH: benign prostate hyperplasia; HTN: hypertension; MGUS: monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance; TIA: transient ischemic attack. | |
| Age (years) | |
| Mean | 63.2 |
| Range | 29–85 |
| Standard deviation | 19.76 |
| Gender | |
| Male | 5 (83.3%) |
| Female | 1 (16.7%) |
| Past medical history | |
| Left Lobectomy | 1 (16.7%) |
| Lung nodules | 1 (16.7%) |
| BPH | 1 (16.7%) |
| MGUS | 1 (16.7%) |
| Previous stroke | 1 (16.7%) |
| Hypercholesteremia | 1 (16.7%) |
| Meningioma | 1 (16.7%) |
| TIA | 1 (16.7%) |
| HTN | 2 (33.3%) |
| Renal impairment | 1 (16.7%) |
| Systemic lupus erythematosus | 1 (16.7%) |
| Gastric cancer | 1 (16.7%) |
| Nil medical conditions | 2 (33.3%) |
| BP: blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; SBP: systolic blood pressure. | |
| Median baseline BP (mm Hg) (n = 6) | |
| SBP | 183.5 |
| Range | 180–208 |
| DBP | 101.0 |
| Range | 79–131 |
| Median BP after first dose of hydralazine (mm Hg) (n = 6) | |
| SBP | 164.5 |
| Range | 135–178 |
| DBP | 90 |
| Range | 77–109 |
| Median lowest BP after administration of hydralazine (mm Hg) (n = 6) | |
| SBP | 148 |
| Range | 117–166 |
| DBP | 88.5 |
| Range | 77–114 |
| Time to target BP (min) (n = 6) | |
| Median | 4.5 |
| Range | 2–18 |
| Standard deviation | 6.31 |
| Total hydralazine dose administrated (mg) (n = 6) | |
| Median | 4.58 |
| Range | 2.5–7.5 |
| Standard deviation | 1.02 |
| Baseline NIHSS score (n = 4) | |
| Median | 7.75 |
| Range | 2–15 |
| Standard deviation | 5.62 |
| NIHSS score post thrombolysis (n = 4) | |
| Median | 3.25 |
| Range | 0–8 |
| Standard deviation | 3.40 |
| Time hydralazine was administrated | Location of hydralazine obtained | Time taken to receive hydralazine from initial ED presentation (min) | Door-to-needle time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ED: emergency department; RMR: resuscitation medication room; SK: stroke kit. | |||
| 8:03 pm | SK | 29 | 46 |
| 12:04 pm | RMR | 63 | 79 |
| 5:55 pm | RMR | 84 | 99 |
| 1:52 am | RMR | 119 | 139 |