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Table 3 In-hospital treatment, stroke-related complication and outcomes of LHI patients before and after PSM

From: Early amantadine treatment reduces the risk of death in patients with large hemisphere infarctions:a Chinese hospital-based study

Variables

Unmatched

PS-matched

Amantadine

(n = 31)

ST

(n = 127)

P value

Amantadine

(n = 27)

ST

(n = 45)

P value

Treatments, n (%)

 Thrombolysis

2 (6.45)

4 (3.15)

0.735

1 (3.70)

3 (6.67)

1.000

 Mechanical ventilation

1 (3.23)

6 (4.72)

1.000

1 (3.70)

5 (11.11)

0.509

 Osmotic agents

29 (93.55)

110 (86.61)

0.450

26 (96.30)

42 (93.33)

1.000

Complications, n (%)

 Brain edema

29 (93.55)

40 (31.50)

<0.001

26 (96.30)

41 (91.11)

0.720

 Hemorrhagic transformation

14 (45.16)

31 (24.41)

0.022

13 (48.15)

13 (28.89)

0.100

 Seizures

4 (12.90)

11 (8.66)

0.703

4 (14.81)

7 (15.56)

1.000

 Pneumonia

26 (83.87)

81 (63.78)

0.032

23 (85.19)

42 (93.33)

0.472

 Gastrointestinal bleeding

6 (19.35)

22 (17.32)

0.791

6 (22.22)

6 (13.33)

0.514

 Acute renal failure

7 (22.58)

15 (11.81)

0.206

6 (22.22)

8 (17.78)

0.645

Outcomes, n (%)

 In-hospital death

3 (9.68)

27 (21.26)

0.132

2 (7.41)

14 (31.11)

0.019

 3-month mortality

9 (29.03)

51 (40.16)

0.228

7 (25.93)

25 (55.56)

0.008

 3-month unfavorable outcome

19 (61.29)

74 (58.27)

0.832

16 (59.26)

32 (71.11)

0.184

  1. Abbreviations: ST Standard therapy, PS Propensity score