Off-Hour Admission and Outcomes in Patients with Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage in the INTERACT2 Trial

Sato, Shoichiro; Arima, Hisatomi; Heeley, Emma; Hirakawa, Yoichiro; Delcourt, Candice; Lindley, Richard I; Robinson, Thompson; Huang, Yining; Morgenstern, Lewis; Stapf, Christian; Wang, Jiguang; Chalmers, John; Anderson, Craig S; INTERACT2, Investigators; Fischer, Urs; Arnold, Marcel (2015). Off-Hour Admission and Outcomes in Patients with Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage in the INTERACT2 Trial. Cerebrovascular diseases, 40(3-4), pp. 114-120. Karger 10.1159/000434690

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BACKGROUND

Conflicting data exist of an association between off-hour (weekend, holiday, or night-time) hospital admission and adverse outcome in intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). We determined the association between off-hour admissions and poor clinical outcome, and of any differential effect of early intensive blood pressure (BP) lowering treatment between off- and on-hour admissions, among participants of the Intensive BP Reduction in Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage Trial (INTERACT2).

METHODS

Subsidiary analysis of INTERACT2, a multinational, multicenter, clinical trial of patients with spontaneous ICH with elevated systolic BP, randomly assigned to intensive (target systolic BP <140 mm Hg) or guideline-based (<180 mm Hg) BP management. Primary outcome was death or major disability (modified Rankin scale of 3-6) at 90 days. Off-hour admission was defined as night-time (4:30 p.m. to 8:30 a.m.) on weekdays, weekends (Saturday and Sunday), and public holidays in each participating country.

RESULTS

Of 2,794 patients with information on the primary outcome, 1,770 (63%) were admitted to study centers during off-hours. Off-hour admission was not associated with risk of poor outcome at 90 days (53% off-hour vs. 55% on-hour; p = 0.49), even after adjustment for comorbid risk factors (odds ratio 0.92; 95% CI 0.76-1.12). Consistency exists in the effects of intensive BP lowering between off- and on-hour admission (p = 0.85 for homogeneity).

CONCLUSIONS

Off-hour admission was not associated with increased risks of death or major disability among trial protocol participants with acute ICH. Intensive BP lowering can provide similar treatment effect irrespective of admission hours.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Neurology
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > DCR Unit Sahli Building > Forschungsgruppe Neurologie

UniBE Contributor:

Fischer, Urs Martin, Arnold, Marcel

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1015-9770

Publisher:

Karger

Language:

English

Submitter:

Romina Theiler

Date Deposited:

16 Mar 2016 15:15

Last Modified:

30 May 2023 15:05

Publisher DOI:

10.1159/000434690

PubMed ID:

26202097

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.77043

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/77043

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