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Table 4 Baseline characteristics of patients stratified by the presence of brain surgery and life and functional prognoses

From: Functional prognosis following spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage in patients on hemodialysis: a retrospective study of 100 consecutive cases

 

Cases of surgery (29 cases)

Cases of non-surgery (57 cases)

p-Value

Age, years (mean ± SD)

63.8 ± 11.3

66.7 ± 9.9

0.2

Sex (M/F)

21/8

36/21

0.4

Preceding antithrombotic use (%)

42.9

41.1

0.9

GCS score on admission

6 (4–13)

14 (13–15)

 < 0.0001*

ICH location (%)

Putamen, 16; thalamus, 8; subcortical, 5; cerebellum, 0; brainstem, 0

Putamen, 17; thalamus, 16; subcortical, 12; cerebellum, 6; brainstem, 6

0.05

Infratentorial origin of ICH (%)

0

21.1

0.001*

Intraventricular extension (%)

82.8

22.8

 < 0.0001*

Initial ICH volume (mL)

98.2 (53.6–144)

11.0 (4.0–20.6)

 < 0.0001*

ICH score

3 (2–4)

1 (0–1)

 < 0.0001*

FUNC score

5 (4–6)

9 (8–10)

 < 0.0001*

Survival, cases (%)

18 (62.1)

51 (89.5)

0.003*

GCS score at discharge

10 (8–12.8)

14 (13.8–15)

 < 0.0001*

mRS score at discharge

5 (5–6)

4 (2.5–4)

 < 0.0001*

mRS score ≥ 5 at discharge (%)

86.2

21.1

 < 0.0001*

FIM at discharge

18 (18–22)

67 (25–93)

 < 0.0001*

Tracheostomy at discharge, cases (%)

8 (44.4)

1 (2)

 < 0.0001*

  1. Baseline characteristics of patients stratified by the presence or absence of brain surgery (comparison of surgical cases versus non-surgical cases) and life and functional prognoses (except for 14 cases wherein patients opted to limit aggressive treatments upon admission due to their low chances of survival)
  2. mRS modified Rankin Scale, GCS Glasgow Coma Scale, ICH intracerebral hemorrhage, FUNC Functional Outcome in Patients With Primary Intracerebral Hemorrhage
  3. *A p-value of < 0.05 was considered statistically significant