Table 3.
Patient demographics and baseline characteristics of cohort with spontaneous SAH (N = 270).
| Variables | N (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Age [y], median (LQ–UQ = IQR) (range) | 57 (50–66 = 16) (18–91) | |
| Female | 182 (67) | |
| Arterial hypertension | 155 (57) | |
| Smoking | 94 (35) | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 23 (9) | |
| Aneurysmal SAH | 256 (95) | |
| Spontaneous SAH without aneurysm identified | 14 (5) | |
| Thereof perimesencephalic SAH | 5 (36) | |
| WFNS grade | I | 91 (34) |
| II | 59 (22) | |
| III | 12 (4) | |
| IV | 45 (16) | |
| V | 63 (23) | |
| Modified Fisher | 0 | 5 (2) |
| 1 | 16 (6) | |
| 2 | 14 (5) | |
| 3 | 89 (33) | |
| 4 | 146 (54) | |
| Hydrocephalus | 204 (76) | |
| Rebleeding | 10 (4) | |
| Endovascular aneurysm repair, Coiling | 125 (46) | |
| Surgical aneurysm repair, Clipping | 114 (42) | |
| DCI | 99 (37) | |
| Angiographic vasospasm | 107 (40) | |
| Infection | 129 (48) | |
| mRS at discharge | 0 | 16 (6) |
| 1 | 40 (15) | |
| 2 | 38 (14) | |
| 3 | 23 (9) | |
| 4 | 30 (11) | |
| 5 | 68 (25) | |
| 6 | 55 (20) | |
| SAPS II, median (LQ–UQ = IQR) (range) | 31 (26–38 = 12) (9–65) | |
| Mechanical ventilation | 90 (33) | |
| Tracheotomy | 24 (9) | |
| Catecholamine therapy | 150 (56) | |
| ARDS | 3 (1) | |
| Pulmonary edema | 8 (3) | |
| Takotsubo cardiomyopathy | 15 (6) | |
| ICU length of stay [d], median (LQ–UQ = IQR) (range) | 13 (8–21 = 13) (0–68) | |
| In-hospital mortality | 55 (20) | |
Interquartile Range (IQR), Lower Quartile (LQ), Upper Quartile (UQ), modified Rankin Scale (mRS), World Federation of Neurological Surgeons SAH grading scale (WFNS), Simplified Acute Physiology Score II (SAPS II) at ICU admission, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).