Research Article
Characteristics and Outcomes of Cocaine-Related Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhages
Table 3
Short-term outcomes of cocaine-positive and cocaine-negative patients.
| | | Cocaine positive () | Cocaine negative () | value |
| | ICU LOS, median (IQR) | 3 (2–5) | 3 (2–9) | 0.788 | | Hospital LOS, median (IQR) | 5.5 (3–21) | 7 (3–15) | 0.175 | Ventriculostomy,
(%) | 3 (15) | 25 (30) | 0.263 | | Mechanical ventilation, (%) | 11 (55) | 61 (74) | 0.279 | | Tracheostomy performed, (%) | 3 (15) | 17 (21) | 0.756 | | Mortality , (%) | 10 (50%) | 35 (43%) | 0.619 | | Allow natural death, (%) | 9 (53) | 38 (46) | 0.803 | | Compassionate wean, (%) | 6 (35) | 24 (29) | 0.588 | | Cost, median (IQR) | $38233 (32696–128917) | $56815 (32417–123737) | 0.385 |
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ICU: intensive care unit, LOS: length of stay, IQR: 25%–75%.
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