Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI)* | p-value* | |
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Pneumonia by 7 days in the pre-HASU group | 1.63 (1.29–2.07) | 1.54 (1.19–1.99) | 0.007 |
UTI by day 7 in the pre-HASU group | 2.20 (1.56–3.15) | 2.10 (1.47–3.04) | <0.001 |
Death in hospital in the pre-HASU group | 1.15 (0.88–1.51) | 1.03 (0.67–1.43) | 0.8147 |
Discharge to new care home in the pre-HASU group | 1.09 (0.78–1.51) | 1.02 (0.66–1.46) | 0.8691 |
*Adjusted for age, pre-stroke modified Rankin Scale score, NIHSS score on admission, stroke type, CCF, AF, hypertension, previous stroke/TIA and diabetes in logistic regression models
AF = atrial fibrillation; CCF = congestive cardiac failure; CI = confidence interval; HASU = hyperacute stroke unit; NIHSS = National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; OR = odds ratio; TIA = transient ischaemic attack; UTI = urinary tract infection