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Table 1 Clinical and biochemical characteristics of 30-day survivor and non-survivor MMCAI patients

From: Non-survivor patients with malignant middle cerebral artery infarction showed persistently high serum malondialdehyde levels

 

Non-survivors (n = 34)

Survivors (n = 34)

P-value

Age (years) - median (p 25–75)

63 (53–70)

59 (47–68)

0.36

Arterial hypertension - n (%)

16 (47.1)

19 (55.9)

0.63

Gender female - n (%)

13 (38.2)

14 (41.2)

0.99

COPD - n (%)

1 (2.9)

1 (2.9)

0.99

Diabetes mellitus - n (%)

9 (26.5)

4 (11.8)

0.22

Heart failure - n (%)

1 (2.9)

1 (2.9)

0.99

Chronic renal failure - n (%)

2 (5.9)

2 (5.9)

0.99

Temperature (°C) - median (p 25–75)

36.9 (36.0–37.3)

36.4 (36.0–37.0)

0.15

GCS score - median (p 25–75)

6 (3–7)

7 (6–8)

0.01

Lactic acid (mmol/L)-median (p 25–75)

1.55 (1.00–2.70)

1.20 (0.90–1.70)

0.05

Sodium (mEq/L)- median (p 25–75)

140 (139–145)

139 (136–145)

0.38

Bilirubin (mg/dl) - median (p 25–75)

0.60 (0.33–1.10)

0.60 (0.40–0.83)

0.95

Creatinine (mg/dl) - median (p 25–75)

1.00 (0.70–1.25)

0.80 (0.60–1.13)

0.19

Glycemia (g/dL) - median (p 25–75)

136 (118–162)

127 (100–170)

0.40

PaO2 (mmHg) - median (p 25–75)

115 (94–267)

156 (105–293)

0.26

PaO2/FI02 ratio - median (p 25–75)

254 (192–325)

300 (198–369)

0.24

Platelets - median*103/mm3 (p 25–75)

175 (136–216)

202 (171–265)

0.02

Leukocytes-median*103/mm3 (p 25–75)

13.9 (9.7–20.1)

12.4 (9.6–16.9)

0.32

Hemoglobin (g/dL) - median (p 25–75)

12.5 (11.0–14.8)

12.1 (11.4–14.0)

0.81

Fibrinogen (mg/dl) - median (p 25–75)

419 (337–631)

443 (416–489)

0.90

INR - median (p 25–75)

1.20 (1.01–1.31)

1.06 (1.00–1.20)

0.07

aPTT (seconds) - median (p 25–75)

27 (26–32)

28 (25–30)

0.91

APACHE-II score - median (p 25–75)

22 (19–27)

20 (16–25)

0.06

Thrombolysis - n (%)

10 (29.4)

11 (32.4)

0.99

Volumen infarction (ml) - median (p25–75)

180 (60–277)

173 (100–231)

0.64

Haemorrhagic transformation - n (%)

6 (17.6)

7 (20.6)

0.99

Midline shift (mm) - median (p 25–75)

9.0 (3.5–15.0)

6.0 (2.5–11.5)

0.43

Decompressive craniectomy – n (%)

7 (20.6)

9 (26.5)

0.78

Malondialdehyde (nmol/mL)-median (p 25–75)

2.96 (2.01–4.44)

1.84 (1.33–2.28)

< 0.001

  1. P 25–75 percentile 25th–75th, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, GCS Glasgow Coma Scale, PaO2 pressure of arterial oxygen/fraction inspired oxygen, FIO2 fraction inspired oxygen, INR international normalized ratio, aPTT activated partial thromboplastin time, APACHE II Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation