Table 1. Baseline characteristics in 36 patients treated with the CSID method.

Variables	N (%)
Total Number of patients	36
Median (IQR) Age in years	79 (14)
Sex, male	26 (72.2%)
Laterality      Left-sided subdural hematoma      Right-sided subdural hematoma      Bilateral subdural hematoma	20 (55.5%) 10 (27.7%) 6 (16.6%)
Clinical Presentation      Confusion      Headache      Hemiparesis      Dysphasia      Seizure	11 (30.5%) 18 (50.0%) 26 (72.0%) 1 (5.5%) 1 (2.7)
Anti-clotting agents      On anticoagulation      On antiplatelet medication	7 (19.4%) 13 (36.0%)
Co-morbid conditions      Hypertension      Diabetes Mellitus      Ischaemic heart disease      Dementia      Arrhythmia      Cerebrovascular accident      Seizure      Superficial wound infection	14 (38.8%) 10 (27.7%) 7 (19.5%) 2 (5.5%) 6 (16.5%) 3 (8.3%) 1 (2.7%) 1 (2.7%)
Glasgow coma scale      3–8      9–12      13–15	4 (11.0%) 11 (30.5%) 21 (58.3%)
Skin to skin time in minutes (mean ± SD)	13.4 (4.4)