Defining Prolonged Length of Acute Care Stay for Surgically and Conservatively Treated Patients with Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Population-Based Analysis

Table 3

Main characteristics of 13272 patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Baseline characteristics are presented by prolonged and nonprolonged length of stay (LOS) for surgical and conservative treatment.

(%)	Surgical group			Conservative group
	Nonprolonged; LOS (22 days)	Prolonged; LOS (>22 days)	value	Nonprolonged; LOS (≤16 days)	Prolonged; LOS (>16 days)	P value
Female	469 (45.1)	154 (42.1)	0.310	4726 (49.3)	1027 (44.9)	<0.001
Age	68 (56–75)	66 (52–74)	0.006	76 (67–83)	73 (63–80)	<0.001
Pre-ICH disability	81 (7.8)	34 (9.3)	0.199	1594 (16.6)	353 (15.4)	0.170
GCS at admission	10 (3–14)	7 (3–13)	0.001	13 (7–15)	13 (8–15)	0.043
Secondary IVH	113 (10.9)	40 (10.9)	0.978	1288 (13.4)	336 (14.7)	0.124
Ventilation therapy	739 (71.1)	321 (87.5)	<0.001	1640 (17.1)	738 (32.2)	<0.001
Duration ventilation therapy, days	5 (2–11)	20 (9–28)	<0.001	2 (1–4)	17 (8–24)	<0.001
Comorbidities:
Arterial hypertension	651 (62.7)	232 (63.4)	0.803	7134 (74.5)	1782 (77.9)	0.001
Diabetes mellitus	114 (11.0)	43 (11.7)	0.685	1507 (15.7)	381 (16.6)	0.284
Hypercholesterolemia	92 (8.9)	29 (7.9)	0.585	1244 (13.0)	322 (14.1)	0.171
Atrial fibrillation	182 (17.5)	65 (17.8)	0.916	1771 (18.5)	408 (17.8)	0.460
Prior insult	96 (9.2)	32 (8.7)	0.777	1559 (16.3)	352 (15.4)	0.293
Other	303 (29.2)	118 (32.2)	0.269	2202 (23.0)	576 (25.2)	0.027
In-hospital complications:
1 complication	318 (30.6)	131 (35.8)	0.067	2130 (22.2)	724 (31.6)	<0.001
2 complications	145 (14.0)	101 (27.6)	<0.001	539 (5.6)	379 (16.6)	<0.001
≥3 complications	71 (6.8)	64 (17.5)	<0.001	143 (1.5)	182 (8.0)	<0.001
In-hospital mortality	167 (16.1)	20 (5.5)	<0.001	2775 (29.0)	176 (7.7)	<0.001
Length of hospital stay, days	12 (5–16)	31 (26–43)	<0.001	7 (2–11)	23 (19–29)	<0.001

Median and IQR (P25–P75).