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ArticleNeurocritical care2013

Early predictors of prolonged stay in a critical care unit following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Christopher D Witiw, George M Ibrahim, Aria Fallah, R Loch Macdonald

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Article in Neurocritical care, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Readmission into intensive care unit in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.Journal of cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgery · 2021
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  3. Multidrug Resistence Prevalence in COVID Area.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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  5. Lessons from the CONSCIOUS-1 Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Christopher D WitiwDivision of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. christopher.witiw@mail.utoronto.ca
George M Ibrahim
Aria Fallah
R Loch Macdonald
University of Toronto · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) is a neurologic emergency that typically warrants initial monitoring in a critical care setting. The aim of this study is to identify clinical and radiologic features on admission that predict a protracted critical care admission following aSAH.

methodsExploratory posthoc analysis was performed on the 413 patients enrolled in Clazosentan to Overcome Neurological iSChemia and Infarction OccUrring after Subarachnoid hemorrhage (CONSCIOUS-1), a prospective randomized control trial of clazosentan for the prevention of vasospasm after aSAH. The association between potential clinical and radiographic covariates, and the length of stay (LOS) in a critical care unit after aSAH was determined using a Cox proportional hazards model. Covariates with a significance level of p < 0.20, on univariate analysis, were entered into a multivariate forward conditional analysis to identify independent predictors of prolonged LOS.

resultsThe mean LOS was 12.6 ± 10.6 days. On multivariate analysis, age (hazard ratio [HR] 1.01, 95 % confidence interval [CI] 1.00-1.02; p = 0.032), a history of hypertension (HR 1.30, CI 1.01-1.67; p = 0.045), and a World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies Score of IV-V on admission (HR 1.38, CI 1.05-1.81; p = 0.02) were the clinical features associated with a greater critical care LOS following aSAH. Intracerebral hemorrhage (HR 1.50, CI 1.03-2.21; p = 0.004) and increasing intraventricular clot burden (HR 1.08, CI 1.03-1.14; p = 0.037) on admission computed tomography were the radiologic features associated with prolonged LOS.

conclusionsWe have identified several early risk factors associated with a prolonged critical care stay following aSAH.

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