Research Article
Somatosensory and Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials Assessed between 4 and 7 Days after Severe Stroke Onset Predict Unfavorable Outcome
Table 2
Prognostic predictors at 1–3 d and 4–7 d after stroke onset with different outcomes at 6 months after stroke.
| Prognostic predictors | Unfavorable outcome (mRS 5-6) 1–3 d /4–7 d (%) | Favorable outcome (mRS 1–4) 1–3 d/4–7 d (%) | value 1–3 d/4–7 d |
| GCS | | | | 3–5 | 20 (66.7)/56 (81.2) | 10 (33.3)/13 (18.8) | 0.306/<0.001 | 6–12 | 69 (54.8)/33 (37.9) | 57 (45.2)/54 (62.1) |
| SLSEP | | | | Abnormality of N20 | 86 (61.0)/89 (64.5) | 55 (39.0)/49 (35.5) | 0.004/<0.001 | Normality of N20 | 3 (20.0)/0 (0) | 12 (80.0)/18 (100) |
| SLSEP | | | | Bilateral absence of N20 | 6 (100)/43 (100) | 0 (0)/0 (0) | 0.037/<0.001 | Appearance of N20 | 83 (55.3)/46 (40.7) | 67 (44.7)/67 (59.3) |
| BAEP | | | | Abnormality of V | 67 (61.5)/81 (68.1) | 42 (38.5)/38 (31.9) | 0.113/<0.001 | Normality of V | 22 (46.8)/8 (21.6) | 25 (53.2)/29 (78.4) |
| BAEP | | | | Bilateral absence of V | 10 (100)/34 (100) | 0 (0)/0 (0) | 0.005/<0.001 | Appearance of | 79 (54.1)/55 (45.1) | 67 (45.9)/67 (54.9) |
| Total | 89 (57.1) | 67 (42.9) | |
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GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; SLSEP, short-latency somatosensory evoked potential; BAEP, brainstem auditory evoked potential.
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