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Table 4 Comparison of emergency aSAH patients with/without COVID-19 NAT

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

Characteristics

Absent

Accept

P valuea

No. of patients

30

12

 

No. of aneurysms

32

13

 

Sex (male)

16 (53.3)

8 (66.7)

0.430

Age, years

55.1 ± 8.3

54.5 ± 9.5

0.840

Admission stratification

 Normal patient

26 (86.7)

8 (66.7)

0.151

 Mild suspected patient

4 (13.3)

4 (33.3)

 Suspected patient

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 Confirmed patient

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Location of responsible aneurysm

 ACoA

8 (26.7)

5 (41.7)

0.675

 PCoA

11 (36.7)

4 (33.3)

 ACA

1 (3.3)

1 (8.3)

 MCA

9 (30.0)

2 (16.7)

 Others

1 (3.3)

0 (0.0)

Fisher grade

3.2 ± 1.0

2.9 ± 1.2

0.442

Modified Fisher grade

3.2 ± 1.1

2.8 ± 1.1

0.264

Hunt-Hess grade

1.9 ± 0.5

1.9 ± 0.5

0.928

WFNS grade

2.7 ± 0.9

2.8 ± 1.0

0.601

GCS

12.8 ± 1.3

13.1 ± 1.0

0.550

Duration between rupture and craniotomy, h

71.7 ± 55.3

70.0 ± 57.4

0.931

Duration between admission and craniotomy, h

35.9 ± 15.3

40.2 ± 20.4

0.453

Preoperative hospitalized adverse events

 Rebleeding

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

> 0.99

 Infarction

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

> 0.99

 Epilepsy

1 (3.3)

1 (8.3)

0.513

Duration of surgery, h

3.5 ± 0.9

3.5 ± 1.2

0.913

Intraoperative blood loss, ml

236.7 ± 130.6

320.8 ± 400.8

0.490

Mean hospital LOS, days

14.4 ± 9.7

16.3 ± 6.4

0.547

Hospitalization cost, dollarsb

14,268.4 ± 7811.7

11,178.5 ± 3596.8

0.198

Postoperative complications

 Postoperative hemorrhage

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

> 0.99

 Postoperative DCI

9 (30.0)

4 (33.3)

0.833

 Postoperative DVT

8 (26.7)

2 (16.7)

0.481

 Postoperative intracranial infection

3 (10.0)

2 (16.7)

0.558

Discharge mRS score

 Mean

2.0 ± 1.6

1.8 ± 1.5

0.653

 0–2

20 (66.7)

9 (75.0)

0.874

 3–6

10 (33.3)

3 (25.0)

  1. Values are numbers of cases (%) unless otherwise indicated. Mean values are presented with SDs
  2. aSAH aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019, DCI delayed cerebral ischemia, DVT deep vein thrombosis, LOS length of stay, mRS modified Rankin Scale, NAT nucleic acid test
  3. aP values indicate differences between patients with or without COVID-19 NAT, and P less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant
  4. bThe exchange rate between RMB and USD is 1 USD = 7.0942 RMB