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Table 3 Admission days of patients with unfavorable EEG patterns at 24 hours and hospital costs for pathways 1, 2, and 3

From: Early EEG for outcome prediction of postanoxic coma: prospective cohort study with cost-minimization analysis

Number of patients, number of days, and costs

Pathway 1

Pathway 2

Pathway 3

Patients with unfavorable EEG at 24 hours (n = 52)

 Alive at 6 months

1

1

1

 Deceased at 6 months

51

51

51

 Mean days ICU (SD)

4.1 (1.8)

1.2 (0.7)

3.0 (0.8)

 Mean days GW (SD)

0.6 (4.6)

0.6 (4.6)

0.6 (4.6)

All patients (n = 388)

 Costs per patient

€19.285,-

€18.951,-

€19.461,-

 Total costs for cohort

€7.308.832,-

€7.182.241,-

€7.375.681,-

  1. EEG electroencephalography, ICU intensive care unit, GW general ward, SD standard deviation