Table 1 Outcome at leaving hospital in patients treated as bacterial meningitis at teaching hospitals in Ethiopia, 2011–2015
Characteristics | All patients | Adjuvant dexamethasone | No dexamethasone |
|---|---|---|---|
Status at leaving hospital (N = 425), n (%) | |||
 Discharged | 277 (65.2) | 125 (58.4) | 152 (72.0) |
 Left against medical advice | 57 (13.4) | 26 (12.1) | 31 (14.7) |
 Referred | 5 (1.2) | 1 (0.5) | 4 (1.9) |
 Died | 86 (20.2) | 62 (29.0) | 24 (11.4) |
Discharge condition of survivors (N = 339), n (%) | |||
 Complete recovery | 230 (67.9) | 98 (64.5) | 132 (70.6) |
 Some improvement | 78 (23.0) | 41 (27.0) | 37 (19.8) |
 The same as admission | 31 (9.1) | 13 (8.6) | 18 (9.6) |
GOS (N = 425), n (%) | |||
 1 | 86 (20.2) | 62 (29.0) | 24 (11.4) |
 2 | 22 (5.2) | 9 (4.2) | 13 (6.2) |
 3 | 9 (2.1) | 5 (2.3) | 4 (1.9) |
 4 | 39 (9.2) | 26 (12.1) | 13 (6.2) |
 5 | 269 (63.3) | 112 (52.3) | 157 (74.4) |
Neurologic sequelae (N = 38 a), n (%) | |||
 Low GCS | 18 (47.4) | 5 (27.8) | 13 (59.1) |
 Hemiparesis | 8 (21.1) | 4 (22.2) | 4 (18.2) |
 Seizure | 9 (23.7) | 6 (33.3) | 3 (13.6) |
 Paraparesis | 3 (7.9) | 3 (16.7) | 0 |
 Cranial nerve palsy | 2 (5.3) | 0 | 2 (9.1) |
Length of hospital stay in days, mean (SD) | |||
 Total | 8.9 (6.4) | 8.8 (7.0) | 9 (5.8) |
 Discharged patients | 11.0 (6.6) |  |  |
 LAMA | 6.1 (3.7) | ||
 Referred | 7.4 (5.2) | ||
 Died | 4.0 (3.4) | ||