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Table 4 Comparison of patients showing good or poor outcome*

From: Myasthenic crisis treated in a Chinese neurological intensive care unit: clinical features, mortality, outcomes, and predictors of survival

 

Good outcome (n = 87)

Intermediate or poor outcome (n = 26)

P value

Age at first MC onset

32.2 ± 7.7

54.2 ± 15.9

<  0.0001

pH

7.4 ± 0.6

7.3 ± 0.13

0.0004

PO2

116.9 ± 42.7

80.2 ± 32.5

0.0396

PCO2

37.9 ± 7.9

58.6 ± 20.8

0.0005

WBC

14.5 ± 4.6

16.1 ± 5.4

0.4557

Duration on ventilation, h

168.0 ± 233.9

241.8 ± 268.8

0.2853

Duration of hospitalization, d

21.3 ± 15.2

28.3 ± 17.7

0.5334

ICU stay, d

10.2 ± 16.3

17.2 ± 14.3

0.1707

Comorbidities

32.2 ± 7.7

54.2 ± 16.0

<  0.0001

Hypertension

24

12

0.0565

DM

10

6

0.1961

Hyperlipidemia

9

4

0.4920

Heart disease

3

1

1.0000

COPD

3

2

0.3245

Stroke

1

1

0.4088

Cancers

4

1

1.0000

SLE

3

0

0.1707

AID

2

0

1.0000

Hepatitis

5

2

0.6600

Hyperthyroidism

2

0

1.0000

  1. Abbreviations: ICU intensive care unit, WBC white blood cell count, DM diabetic mellitus, SLE Systemic lupus erythematosus, AID autoimmune disease, COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Significant values are highlighted in bold characters