Table 2 Post-admission interventions in the pre-matched and matched samples
Variable | Before propensity score matching | After propensity score matching | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All patients (n = 8,683) | SCU (n = 7,660) | ICU (n = 1,023) | P-value | All patients (n = 1,920) | SCU (n = 960) | ICU (n = 960) | P-value | |
Drugs | ||||||||
 ozagrel | 1,805 (20.8%) | 1,729 (22.6%) | 76 (7.4%) |  < 0.001 | 205 (10.7%) | 131 (13.6%) | 74 (7.7%) |  < 0.001 |
 edaravone | 6,070 (69.9%) | 5,280 (68.9%) | 790 (77.2%) |  < 0.001 | 1,464 (76.3%)) | 731 (76.1%) | 733 (76.4%) | 0.915 |
 argatroban | 2,833 (32.6%) | 2,585 (33.7%) | 248 (24.2%) |  < 0.001 | 483 (25.2%) | 238 (24.8%) | 245 (25.5%) | 0.017 |
 inotrope | 867 (10.0%) | 680 (8.9%) | 187 (18.3%) |  < 0.001 | 295 (15.4%) | 124 (12.9%) | 171(17.8%) | 0.003 |
Procedures | ||||||||
 hemodiafiltration | 201 (2.3%) | 188 (2.5%) | 13 (1.3%) | 0.018 | 31 (1.6%) | 18 (1.9%) | 13 (1.4%) | 0.366 |
 mechanical ventilation | 205 (2.4%) | 115 (1.5%) | 90 (8.8%) |  < 0.001 | 103(5.4%) | 27 (2.8%) | 76 (7.9%) |  < 0.001 |
 CPR | 19 (0.2%) | 12 (0.2%) | 7 (0.7%) | 0.001 | 13 (0.7%) | 6 (0.6%) | 7 (0.7%) | 0.781 |
 blood transfusion | 237 (2.7%) | 153 (2.0%) | 84 (8.2%) |  < 0.001 | 102 (5.3%) | 24 (2.5%) | 78 (8.1%) |  < 0.001 |
 craniotomy | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | NaN | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | NaN |
 endarterectomy | 40 (0.4%) | 37 (0.5%) | 3 (0.2%) | 0.400 | 4 (0.2%) | 1(0.1%) | 3 (0.3%) | 0.317 |