Examination of Treatment Options According to Clinical Features and Radiological Findings in Wake-up Stroke

Year 2023, Volume: 5 Issue: Supplement (1) - Innovations in Medicine and Healthcare in the 100th Year of the Republic, 104 - 9, 19.10.2023

Tuba Ekmekyapar , Seval Demir Aydın

https://doi.org/10.37990/medr.1351847

Abstract

Aim: Wake-up stroke patients account for one-fifth of all ischemic stroke patients and they have been deprived of recanalization treatment as the onset of the stroke is not known. It has come into the focus of recent research that this treatment could be applied to particularly patients who are selected on a radiological basis. We aimed to examine clinical and demographic characteristics of wake-up strokes.
Material and Methods: All ischemic stroke patients who presented to the emergency service throughout the night were analyzed. Patients with wake up stroke were recorded. The time of finding these patients, clinical features, treatment options and mortality status of these patients were examined. It was examined whether they received intravenous thrombolysis (IVT), endovascular therapy (EVT), or both as acute reperfusion therapy.
Results: Age, gender, the last time when they were seen healthy, treatment start time, treatment types, clinical classification, comorbid diseases, and discharge status of 72 wake-up stroke patients were analyzed. It was found that the time of discovery of 51.4% (n=37) of the wake-up stroke patients was 06.00 am and afterwards. Of these patients, 15.3% (n=11) received intravenous tissue plasminogen activator and/or endovascular treatment. These patients’ hospital stay durations, intracerebral hemorrhage status following the procedure, NIHSS scores, angiography findings, and mortality rates were examined. Here, mortality rate was found to be significantly high especially in patients with high NIHSS score.
Conclusion: Wake-up stroke is more common in the period close to the time of waking up in the morning. Recanylazation therapy should always be considered as an option in these patients.

Keywords

Wake-up stroke, circadian rhythm, intravenous tissue plasminogen activator, endovascular treatment, NIHSS

Ethical Statement

Ethical approval for the study was obtained from Malatya Turgut Özal University Clinical Research Ethics Committee with the decision numbered 2021/88 and dated 13.10.2021.

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