Is NEWS of value for patients with acute stroke?

IF 5.8 3区医学 Q1 CLINICAL NEUROLOGY

European Stroke Journal Pub Date : 2024-07-30 DOI:10.1177/23969873241263195

Mariëlle K van Valburg, Lisette M Vernooij, Cornelis J Kalkman, H Bart van der Worp

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Abstract

Background: Patients with acute stroke are at risk of respiratory or circulatory compromise resulting in vital instability, which can be captured through the widely used aggregated National Early Warning Score (NEWS). We aimed to assess the relation between vital instability (defined as NEWS of five or higher) and death or dependency at 90 days after stroke.

Methods: In this observational cohort study we studied 763 patients with ischaemic stroke (n = 400), intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) (n = 146) or subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) (n = 217), hospitalized to a Dutch tertiary referral hospital from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2018. We calculated NEWS for each 8 h time span during the first 72 h after hospitalization. We also decomposed NEWS into its three components respiration, circulation and consciousness. The primary outcome was death or dependency (modified Rankin Scale score ⩾3) at 90 days after stroke. The association of vital instability with functional dependency was examined using Poisson regression.

Results: Two hundred and twenty-seven (58%) patients with ischaemic stroke, 101 (69%) with ICH and 142 (65%) with SAH had at least one episode of vital instability. In patients with ischaemic stroke or SAH, vital instability was associated after adjustment for confounders with death or dependency (adjusted relative risk 1.55 ((95% CI) 1.25-1.93 and 2.13 (1.35-3.36), respectively)). This was mainly driven by impaired consciousness, which was associated with death or dependency in all types of stroke. Respiratory insufficiency and circulatory instability were associated with death or dependency only in SAH.

Conclusion: Vital instability in the first 72 h of hospitalization for ischaemic stroke or SAH is associated with death or dependency at 90 days. Impaired consciousness was the main driver of this relationship. NEWS may not be appropriate for patients with acute stroke, mainly due to the dichotomous manner in which the level of consciousness is classified, and modification of NEWS should be considered for these patients.

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NEWS 对急性中风患者有价值吗？

背景：急性脑卒中患者面临呼吸或循环系统受损导致生命体征不稳定的风险，这可以通过广泛使用的全国早期预警综合评分（NEWS）来捕捉。我们的目的是评估生命体征不稳定（NEWS 为 5 分或更高）与脑卒中后 90 天内死亡或依赖性之间的关系：在这项观察性队列研究中，我们研究了 2017 年 1 月 1 日至 2018 年 12 月 31 日在荷兰一家三级转诊医院住院的 763 名缺血性中风（n = 400）、脑内出血（ICH）（n = 146）或蛛网膜下腔出血（SAH）（n = 217）患者。我们计算了住院后 72 小时内每个 8 小时时间跨度的 NEWS。我们还将 NEWS 分解为呼吸、循环和意识三个部分。主要结果是卒中后 90 天的死亡或依赖性（修正的 Rankin 量表评分 ⩾3）。采用泊松回归法研究了生命体征不稳定性与功能依赖性的关系：结果：227 名缺血性卒中患者（58%）、101 名 ICH 患者（69%）和 142 名 SAH 患者（65%）至少出现过一次生命体征不稳定。在缺血性卒中或 SAH 患者中，生命体征不稳定与死亡或依赖性相关（调整后相对风险分别为 1.55（（95% CI）1.25-1.93 和 2.13（1.35-3.36））。这主要是由意识障碍引起的，在所有类型的中风中，意识障碍都与死亡或依赖有关。只有 SAH 患者的呼吸功能不全和循环系统不稳定与死亡或依赖有关：结论：缺血性脑卒中或 SAH 住院后 72 小时内的生命体征不稳定与 90 天后的死亡或依赖有关。意识障碍是造成这种关系的主要原因。NEWS可能并不适合急性卒中患者，这主要是由于意识水平的二分法，对于这些患者应考虑修改NEWS。

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European Stroke Journal Multiple-

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7.50

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6.60%

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102

期刊介绍： Launched in 2016 the European Stroke Journal (ESJ) is the official journal of the European Stroke Organisation (ESO), a professional non-profit organization with over 1,400 individual members, and affiliations to numerous related national and international societies. ESJ covers clinical stroke research from all fields, including clinical trials, epidemiology, primary and secondary prevention, diagnosis, acute and post-acute management, guidelines, translation of experimental findings into clinical practice, rehabilitation, organisation of stroke care, and societal impact. It is open to authors from all relevant medical and health professions. Article types include review articles, original research, protocols, guidelines, editorials and letters to the Editor. Through ESJ, authors and researchers have gained a new platform for the rapid and professional publication of peer reviewed scientific material of the highest standards; publication in ESJ is highly competitive. The journal and its editorial team has developed excellent cooperation with sister organisations such as the World Stroke Organisation and the International Journal of Stroke, and the American Heart Organization/American Stroke Association and the journal Stroke. ESJ is fully peer-reviewed and is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Issues are published 4 times a year (March, June, September and December) and articles are published OnlineFirst prior to issue publication.