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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics

From: Functional outcome and mortality prediction after decompressive craniectomy in patients with malignant middle cerebral artery infarction

 

N (%)

Mean ± SD

Median (range)

Age

 

45.2 ± 10.2

47 (24–67)

Gender

 Male

18 (36%)

 Female

32 (64%)

Clinical findings

 GCS

 

7.5 ± 3

8 (4–13)

 Isochoric pupils

10 (20%)

Risk factors

 DM

9 (18%)

 Cardiac

6 (12%)

 Hypertension

22 (44%)

 Previous treatment

8 (16%)

Radiological findings

 Contralateral ventriculomegaly

14 (28%)

 Midline shift

 

8.8 ± 3.4

9 (2–16)

 Hemorrhagic infarction

4 (8%)

 Left side

36 (72%)

Treatment

 Early surgery within

16 (32%)

 Delayed surgery

34 (68%)

 Time of deterioration (days)

 

3.2 ± 2.3

3 (1–9)

 Deterioration to surgery time (hours)

 

9 ± 7.2

6 (2–36)

Outcome

 Mortality

16 (32%)

 MRS

 

4 ± 1.5

3 (2–6)