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Table 1 Demographic, clinical, and radiological variables at admission and early management of the studied patients

From: Predictors of hydrocephalus as a complication of non-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage: a retrospective observational cohort study in 107 patients

 

Shunt (n = 21)

Non-Shunt (n = 86)

p-Value

Gender (M/F)

6/15

42/44

0.53

Age (years) (median, range)

57 (29-78)

56 (21-83)

0.77

Clinical grade at admission

 H-Ha 1-3

15 (71.4%)

65 (75.5%)

0.72

 H-Ha 4-5

6 (28.6%)

21 (24.5%)

 

Radiology at admission

 Modified Fisher 1 + 2 (minimal SAH)

3 (14.2%)

38 (44.2%)

 

 Modified Fisher 3 + 4 (large SAH)

18 (85.8%)

48 (55.8%)

0.008

 Bleeding Supratentorial

5 (24%)

18 (21%)

 

 Bleeding Infratentorial

1 (5%)

0

0.09

 Evans index (median, range)

0.29 (0.23-0.33)

0.27 (0.21-0.36)

0.52

 Third ventricle in mm

8 (4.7-13.7)

6.9 (3-14.3)

 

 Ventricular Score

79.3 (60-92.6)

70 (51-103.7)

0.003

Aneurysmal Source of bleeding

 Middle cerebral artery

7 (33%)

20 (23%)

 

 Internal carotid artery

3 (14%)

8 (9%)

 

 Anterior cerebral artery

5 (24%)

21 (24%)

 

 Posterior circulation

4 (19%)

11 (13%)

 

 Non-aneurysmal

2 (9%)

26 (30%)

0.08

Surgical Intervention

 EVD/LDb

16 (76%)

28 (32%)

< 0.001

 Lamina Terminalis Opening

5 (24%)

17 (20%)

0.09

 Decompressive craniectomy

1 (5%)

6 (7%)

0.07

CSF Drainage

 Drainage week 1 (ml) (median, range)

1523 ± 158

1258 ± 122

0.63

 Drainage week 1-3 (ml) (median, range)

3364 ± 308

2683 ± 233

0.76

 Clinical vasospasm

15 (71%)

36 (42%)

0.015

  1. Significant differences between groups were determined by chi-square test or Fisher exact test for dichotomized or categorical data as appropriate
  2. Continuous data were determined using independent sample T-student test or Mann-Whitney U-test
  3. a HH Hunt and Hess grade
  4. b EVD/LD Extraventricular drainage or lumbar drainage performed