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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Elevated high-sensitive troponin T on admission is an indicator of poor long-term outcome in patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage: a prospective observational study

 

All patients

Poor outcome

CI-DCI

(n = 126)

(n = 41)

(n = 18)

Sex

   

 Female

74 (59)

24 (59)

12 (67)

 Male

52 (41)

17 (41)

6 (33)

Age, mean ± SD (years)

57 ± 13

61 ± 12

56 ± 14

Medical history

   

 Hypertension

45 (36)

16 (39)

8 (44)

 Cardiovascular disease

8 (6)

4 (10)

2 (11)

 Other

14 (11)

8 (20)

4 (22)

 None

59 (47)

13 (32)

4 (22)

SAH severity grade

   

 WFNS grade 1

50 (40)

5 (12)

4 (22)

 WFNS grade 2

29 (23)

8 (20)

7 (39)

 WFNS grade 3

9 (7)

6 (15)

1 (6)

 WFNS grade 4

20 (16)

11 (27)

5 (28)

 WFNS grade 5

18 (14)

11 (27)

1 (6)

Radiological

   

 Modified Fischer grade 1

27 (21)

2 (5)

2 (11)

 Modified Fischer grade 2

11 (9)

2 (5)

1 (6)

 Modified Fischer grade 3

49 (39)

18 (44)

6 (33)

 Modified Fischer grade 4

39 (31)

19 (46)

9 (50)

 ICH

12 (10)

7 (17)

1 (6)

Aneurysm position

   

 Anterior communicating artery

33 (26)

10 (24)

3 (17)

 Posterior communicating artery

14 (11)

4 (10)

5 (28)

 Middle cerebral artery

21 (17)

9 (22)

1 (6)

 Carotid artery

12 (10)

5 (12)

3 (17)

 Other anterior circulation

8 (6)

2 (5)

1 (6)

 Basilar artery

8 (6)

4 (10)

1 (6)

 Other posterior circulation

7 (6)

3 (7)

2 (11)

 Not found

23 (18)

4 (10)

2 (11)

Treatment

   

 Acute ventricular drainage

66 (52)

35 (85)

13 (72)

 Embolisation

71 (56)

21 (51)

12 (67)

 Surgery

30 (24)

11 (27)

3 (17)

 None

25 (20)

9 (22)

3 (17)

TCD (flow velocity)

   

 Normal flow velocity

62 (49)

18 (44)

5 (28)

 Increased flow velocity

49 (39)

18 (44)

12 (67)

Haemodynamics

   

 SBP on admission, mean ± SD (mmHg)

149 ± 23

147 ± 26

145 ± 25

 MAP on admission, mean ± SD (mmHg)

102 ± 16

100 ± 16

99 ± 15

 HR on admission, mean ± SD (beats per minute)

72 ± 15

73 ± 16

76 ± 19

 SBP meana, mean ± SD (mmHg)

134 ± 13

133 ± 14

133 ± 11

 HR meana, mean ± SD (beats per minute)

64 ± 8

68 ± 9

69 ± 7

 Dose of NE meana, median (IQR) (µg/kg/min)

0.01 (0-0.19)

0.10 (0-0.31)

0.09 (0-0.35)

Cerebral ischaemia

   

 Cerebral infarction, any cause

41 (33)

27 (66)

18 (100)

 Infarction due to DCI

18 (14)

14 (34)

18 (100)

GOSE

   

 GOSE 1

21 (17)

21 (51)

9 (50)

 GOSE 2

3 (2)

3 (7)

2 (11)

 GOSE 3

7 (6)

7 (17)

1 (6)

 GOSE 4

10 (8)

10 (24)

1 (6)

 GOSE 5

24 (19)

0 (0)

3 (17)

 GOSE 6

27 (21)

0 (0)

1 (6)

 GOSE 7

11 (9)

0 (0)

1 (6)

 GOSE 8

23 (18)

0 (0)

0 (0)

  1. All values are shown as n (%) unless otherwise indicated. a Mean refers to mean value during first 3 days following admission. CI-DCI Cerebral infarction due to delayed cerebral ischaemia, DCI Delayed cerebral ischaemia, GOSE Glasgow Outcome Scale Extended, HR Heart rate, ICH Intracerebral haematoma, IQR Interquartile range, MAP Mean arterial pressure, NE norepinephrine, SBP Systolic blood pressure, SD Standard deviation, TCD Transcranial Doppler, WFNS World Federation of Neurological Surgeons