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Table 1 Comparison of emergency aSAH patients between the current period and the respective time period last year

From: Management protocol for emergency aneurysm craniotomy clipping in non-major COVID-19 epidemic areas in Beijing, China

Characteristics

Current

Last year

P valuea

No. of patients

42

18

 

No. of aneurysms

45

19

 

Sex (male)

24 (57.1)

8 (44.4)

0.366

Age, years

54.9 ± 8.6

49.4 ± 10.7

0.039*

Admission stratification

 Normal patient

34 (81.0)

  

 Mild suspected patient

8 (19.0)

  

 Suspected patient

0 (0.0)

  

 Confirmed patient

0 (0.0)

  

COVID-19 NAT (n = 12) (negative)

12 (100.0)

  

False negative COVID-19 NAT

0 (0.0)

  

Location of responsible aneurysm

 ACoA

13 (31.0)

7 (38.9)

0.585

 PCoA

15 (35.7)

5 (27.8)

 ACA

2 (4.8)

0 (0.0)

 MCA

11 (26.2)

6 (33.3)

 Others

1 (2.4)

0 (0.0)

Fisher grade

3.1 ± 1.1

2.9 ± 1.0

0.555

Modified Fisher grade

3.0 ± 1.1

3.1 ± 1.1

0.835

Hunt-Hess grade

1.9 ± 0.5

2.4 ± 0.6

0.003*

WFNS grade

2.7 ± 0.9

2.8 ± 1.1

0.690

GCS

12.9 ± 1.2

12.0 ± 2.3

0.367

Duration between rupture and craniotomy, hours

71.1 ± 55.2

40.7 ± 45.6

0.044*

Duration between admission and craniotomy, hours

37.1 ± 16.8

28.7 ± 11.7

0.058

Preoperative adverse events during hospitalization

 Rebleeding

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

> 0.99

 Infarction

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

> 0.99

 Epilepsy

2 (4.8)

1 (5.6)

> 0.99

Duration of surgery, h

3.5 ± 1.0

4.1 ± 2.3

0.277

Intraoperative blood loss, ml

260.7 ± 238.0

258.3 ± 152.7

0.969

Mean hospital LOS, days

14.9 ± 8.8

17.4 ± 6.9

0.298

Hospitalization cost, dollarsb

13385.6 ± 6973.4

14006.1 ± 5640.4

0.740

Postoperative complications

 Postoperative hemorrhage

0 (0.0)

1 (5.6)

0.660

 Postoperative DCI

13 (31.0)

8 (44.4)

0.315

 Postoperative DVT

10 (23.8)

1 (5.6)

0.190

 Postoperative intracranial infection

5 (11.9)

4 (22.2)

0.528

Discharge mRS score

 Mean

1.9 ± 1.6

2.1 ± 1.6

0.779

 0–2

29 (69.0)

12 (66.7)

0.856

 3–6

13 (31.0)

6 (33.3)

  1. Values are numbers of cases (%) unless otherwise indicated. Mean values are presented with SDs
  2. ACA anterior cerebral artery, ACoA anterior communicating aneurysm, aSAH aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019, CT computed tomography, DCI delayed cerebral ischemia, DVT deep vein thrombosis, GCS Glasgow Coma Scale, LOS length of stay, MCA middle cerebral artery, mRS modified Rankin Scale, NAT nucleic acid testing, PCA posterior cerebral artery, WFNS World Federation of Neurological Surgeons
  3. aP values indicate differences between the current period and the respective time period, and P less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant
  4. bThe exchange rate between RMB and USD is 1 USD = 7.0942 RMB
  5. *Statistical significance (p < 0.05)
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