Table 1.
Characteristics of all 14 303 patients admitted to the ICU after ischaemic stroke or intracerebral haemorrhage
| Ischaemic stroke | Intracerebral haemorrhage | |||||
| Characteristics | Total | Died | 30-day survival | Total | Died | 30-day survival |
| n (%) | 8422 | 2284 (27.1) | 6138 (72.9) | 5881 | 2422 (41.2) | 3459 (58.8) |
| Age (years) | 70 [59 to 78] | 72 [62 to 79] | 69 [58 to 78] | 63 [51 to 73] | 66 [56 to 75] | 60 [49 to 71] |
| Sex (men, %) | 56.5 | 57.4 | 56.3 | 57.3 | 56.4 | 57.8 |
| APACHE to III APS (range 0 to 252) | 36 [22 to 63] | 72 [51 to 90] | 28 [20 to 45] | 55 [33 to 79] | 79 [63 to 92] | 39 [26 to 58] |
| APS without point assigned for GCS score (range 0 to 204) | 28 [19 to 40] | 39 [28 to 53] | 24 [18 to 34] | 30 [22 to 41] | 37 [26 to 48] | 27 [21 to 36] |
| APACHE III score (range 0 to 299) | 51 [35 to 77] | 86 [66 to 104] | 43 [32 to 59] | 67 [44 to 90] | 90 [75 to 104] | 50 [36 to 68] |
| APACHE IV probability in % | 19 [8 to 48] | 58 [36 to 75] | 12 [6 to 26] | 41 [17 to 69] | 69 [51 to 81] | 22 [11 to 43] |
| GCS score (lowest score during first 24 h of ICU admission) | 13 [7 to 15] | 5 [3 to 10] | 15 [11 to 15] | 7 [3 to 13] | 3 [3 to 6] | 11 [7 to 14] |
| GCS score in groups | ||||||
| Low (3 to 8) | 28.7 | 66.1 | 14.8 | 57.5 | 86.4 | 37.3 |
| Moderate (9 to 12) | 16.3 | 17.1 | 16.0 | 14.9 | 6.7 | 20.7 |
| High (13 to 15) | 53.7 | 16.1 | 67.7 | 26.7 | 5.9 | 41.3 |
| Not available (%) | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
| Performed neurosurgery in patients with ICH (%) | NA | NA | NA | 30.2 | 23.0 | 35.3 |
| Specialised neurosurgical centre (yes, %) | 33.5 | 41.8 | 30.4 | 75.1 | 72.7 | 76.7 |
| Comorbidities (yes, %) | ||||||
| Chronic respiratory insufficiency or COPD | 8.9 | 11.8 | 7.8 | 5.7 | 6.9 | 4.8 |
| NYHA class IV | 2.9 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 1.3 |
| Diabetes | 15.1 | 18.3 | 13.9 | 10.2 | 12.0 | 8.8 |
| Chronic renal insufficiency or dialysis dependency | 3.7 | 5.6 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 1.7 |
| Immunologic deficiency or compromised status | 2.9 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 2.9 |
| Malignancies | 2.2 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 2.4 |
| ICU treatments or complications within 24 h of ICU admission (yes, %) | ||||||
| Mechanical ventilation | 30.3 | 61.7 | 18.6 | 63.1 | 82.7 | 49.4 |
| Use of intravenous vasoactive medication | 18.7 | 35.4 | 12.5 | 31.6 | 41.6 | 24.6 |
| Acute renal failure | 3.5 | 8.2 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 1.0 |
| Confirmed infection | 8.0 | 14.7 | 5.6 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 2.6 |
Data are presented as: n (%) or median [IQR]. APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; APS, acute physiology score; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; h, hour; ICU, intensive care unit; IQR, interquartile range; n, number; NYHA, New York Heart Association.