Abstract
Background
The Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project (OCSP) classification is a simple tool to
categorize clinical stroke syndromes. We compared the outcomes of stroke patients
after intravenous thrombolysis stratified by the baseline National Institutes of Health
Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score or by the OCSP classification.
Methods
We assessed the safety of thrombolysis in consecutive stroke patients who received
intravenous thrombolysis within 3 h after onset. The patients were grouped by the NIHSS score into mild to moderate
stroke (≤20) and severe stroke (>20), and also by the OCSP classification as having total anterior circulation infarcts
(TACI), partial anterior circulation infarcts (PACI), posterior circulation infarcts
(POCI), or lacunar infarcts (LACI). Symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (SICH) was
used as the primary outcome.
Results
Of the 145 patients included in the study, 45 had a baseline NIHSS score>20. Their stroke syndromes were as follows: 78 with TACI, 29 with PACI, 16 with POCI,
and 22 with LACI. The proportion of SICH was comparable between patients with high
or low NIHSS score (11.1% vs. 9.0%, P=0.690). The chance of SICH was highest in patients with TACI (15.4%), followed by
LACI (4.5%), PACI (3.4%), and POCI (0%). After adjustment for age, baseline glucose,
and use of antiplatelet agents before admission, SICH was significantly increased
in patients with TACI relative to those with non-TACI (odds ratio 5.92; 95% confidence
interval 1.24–28.33, P=0.026).
Conclusions
The OCSP clinical classification may help clinicians evaluate the risk of SICH following
intravenous thrombolysis.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: October 24, 2012
Accepted:
October 4,
2012
Received in revised form:
September 9,
2012
Received:
July 25,
2012
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