Triage Nurse-Activated Emergency Evaluation Reduced Door-to-Needle Time in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients Treated with Intravenous Thrombolysis

Table 1

Baseline patient characteristics.

	Triage nurse-activated, n = 137	Doctor-activated, n = 75	value
Male (%)	73.0	72.0	0.873
Age (yr)	61.20 ± 11.75	63.99 ± 11.40	0.094
Visit time
2am to 8am	15	6	0.591
8am to 5pm	62	39
5pm to 2am	60	30
NIHSS
Median (P25, P75)	5 (4, 7)	4 (3, 7)	0.094