Comments on “A Shorter Door-In-Door-Out Time Is Associated with Improved Outcome in Large Vessel Occlusion Stroke”
Abstract
Door-in-door-out (DIDO) time has been considered an important factor for prognostication in large vessel occlusion stroke (LVOS) patients. Recently, Sigal et al. have concluded in their paper, “A Shorter Door-In-Door-Out Time Is Associated with Improved Outcome in Large Vessel Occlusion Stroke,” that DIDO was not an independent risk factor for worse outcomes following LVOS. In this letter to the editor, we argue that DIDO time should still be considered an important prognosticator for outcomes in LVOS, despite not being found to be significant in their multivariable analysis. Despite our concerns, we wholeheartedly agree with the authors that clinicians should still need to expedite patients who have LVOS to undergo thrombectomy, regardless of where they are during the critical period of time.