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Table 2 Patients' characteristics as a function of presence of cardiac dysfunction on admission

From: Subarachnoid hemorrhage induces an early and reversible cardiac injury associated with catecholamine release: one-week follow-up study

 

No cardiac dysfunction on admission

Cardiac dysfunction on admission

P -values

 

n = 20

n = 20

 

Age, years

40 (31 to 50)

57 (46 to 64)

0.003

Female, n (%)

11 (55)

13 (65)

0.5

Body mass index, kg/m2, median

24.5 (22.2 to 26.2)

24.8 (22.6 to 26)

0.6

History of high blood pressure, n (%)

2 (10)

6 (30)

0.23

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

0 (0)

0 (0)

-

Chronic kidney failure, n (%)

1 (5)

0 (0)

0.9

Tobacco use, n (%)

4 (20)

1 (5)

0.34

Fisher score

3 (2 to 4)

4 (4 to 4)

0.003

WFNS score

1 (1 to 2)

4 (2 to 4)

<0.0001

ECG anomalies, n (%)

2 (10)

3 (15)

0.6

Patients receiving norepinephrine, n (%)

2 (10)

3 (15)

0.6

Mechanical ventilation on admission, n (%)

5 (25)

15 (75)

0.0005

Mechanical ventilation at day 7, n (%)

2 (10)

7 (35)

0.02

Vasospasm, n (%)

4 (20)

5 (25)

0.9

ICU death, n (%)

2 (10)

5 (25)

0.1

Length of stay in ICU, days

9.5 (6.2-11.3)

12.0 (7.5-16.2)

0.2

  1. Data expressed as median (25th to 75th percentiles) or number (%). WFNS: World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies; ECG: electrocardiography.