Precipitation, EMS use, and time to presentation of Acute Ischemic stroke in the get with the guidelines-stroke registry.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Delayed presentation to the hospital is a barrier for delivering acute stroke treatments. The effects of weather on delay are unstudied. We examined the relationship between precipitation and time to arrival nationwide.

Methods

We studied patients with acute ischemic stroke who presented at a Get With the Guidelines®-Stroke hospital from 2010-2019. The exposure variable was total daily precipitation on the day of presentation, obtained from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and categorized as none (0 inches/day), mild (>0-1 inch/day), and major (>1 inch/day). The primary outcome was time to hospital arrival after stroke (in minutes). We conducted multivariate regression analysis, including analysis of interaction between precipitation level and

SUBMITTER: Berner M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12536867 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature