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Table 1 Baseline and clinical characteristics

From: Emergency intubation during thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke in patients under primary procedural sedation

 

not intubated

emergently intubated

p-value

n

140

20

 

Age, mean ± SD

76.2 ± 11.08

73.3 ± 13.07

0.290

Male sex, n (%)

57 (40.7)

7(35.0)

0.626

Comorbidities and medication, n (%)

 Hypertension

117 (83.6)

13 (65.0)

0.047

 Diabetes mellitus

33 (23.6)

4 (20.0)

0.723

 Hypercholesterolemia

42 (30.0)

4 (20.0)

0.355

 Currently smoking

21 (15.0)

3 (15.0)

1.000

 Previous stroke

28 (20.0)

4 (20.0)

1.000

 Coronary artery disease

33 (23.6)

8 (40.0)

0.115

 Peripheral artery disease

11 (7.9)

3 (15.0)

0.290

 Atrial fibrillation

47 (33.6)

7 (35.0)

0.899

 Need for dialysis

1 (0.7)

0 (0.0)

0.705

 Antiplatelet therapy

52 (37.1)

6 (30.0)

0.534

 Oral anticoagulants

22 (15.7)

5 (25.0)

0.300

 Statin therapy

37 (26.4)

7 (35.0)

0.422

NIHSS on admission, mean ± SD

13.5 ± 7.06

16.6 ± 6.29

0.068

Premorbid mRS, n (%)

 0–2

99 (70.7)

14 (70.0)

0.95

  > 2

41 (29.3)

6 (30.0)

ASPECTS, mean ± SD a

8.2 ± 1.64

7.7 ± 2.06

0.149

Use of iv thrombolysis, n (%)

82 (58.6)

15 (75.0)

0.160

Site of occlusion, n (%)

 Left sided occlusion

67 (48.2)

12 (60.0)

0.324

 M1

61 (43.6)

10 (54.5)

0.591

 M2

36 (25.7)

3 (13.6)

 ICA

5 (3.6)

0 (0.0)

 ICA + M1/2

37 (26.4)

7 (31.8)

 P1

1 (0.6)

0

  1. a 1 missing value in the group of non-intubated patients. Student’s t-test was used for continuous variables and Chi-squared test for categorical variables. ASPECTS Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score, NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale