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Table 1 Demographic data

From: The value of elevated cerebrospinal fluid lactate concentrations in post-neurosurgical bacterial meningitis

Group

Hemorrhagic CSF (n = 38)

Non-hemorrhagic CSF (n = 24)

PNBM group

(n = 29)

Non-PNBM group

(n = 9)

 

PNBM group

(n = 14)

Non-PNBM

group

(n = 10)

Age, median and range ( year)

53(43–65)

46 (40–51)

 

46(37–53)

42 (37–46)

Gender (%)

     

Male

18(62.1)

6 (66.7)

 

5 (35.71)

4 (40.0)

Female

11 (37.9)

3 (33.3)

 

9 (64.29)

6 (60.0)

Indication for surgery (%)

     

Brain injury

17 (58.6)

4 (44.4)

 

6 (42.9)

3 (30.0)

Intracranial bleeding

12 (41.4)

5 (55.6)

 

8 (57.1)

7 (70.0)

APACHE II score

20(16–21)

18 (16–18)

 

17(15–18)

15 (14–15)

Lumbar Puncture

(days after surgery)

7 (6–10)

7 (7–7)

 

8 (6–10)

7 (6–9)

  1. Abbreviation: PNBM:post-neurosurgical bacterial meningitis; APACHE II: Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation