Research Article
Non-Neurological Complications after Mechanical Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Retrospective Single-Center Study
Table 3
Non-neurological ICU complications.
| | System and type of complication | Number of patients (percentage) (#for continuous variables: median (interquartile range)) |
| | Pulmonary | Respiratory complication | 71 (20.6) | | Acute pulmonary oedema | 4 (1.2) | | Acute respiratory distress syndrome | 1 (0.3) |
| | Cardiovascular | Hemodynamic complication | | | Hypertension | 103 (29.9) | | Hypotension | 39 (11.3) | | Acute myocardial infarction | 5 (1.4) | | NSTEMI | 4 (1.2) | | STEMI | 1 (0.3) | | Atrial fibrillation | 69 (20.0) |
| | Infectious | Infectious complication | 65 (18.8) |
| | Endocrine | Glycemia at d + 1 (mg/gL) | 109 (99–140) # | | Hyperglycemia (≥180 mg/dL) | 51 (14.8) |
| | Hematological | Hemoglobin level (mg/dL) | | | At d + 0 | 13.4 (12.2–14.7) # | | At d + 1 | 12.2 (11.3–13.3) # |
| | Renal | MDRD (mL/min) | | | At d + 0 | 75 (60–90) # | | At d + 1 | 78 (60–90) # | | Altered renal function (KDIGO 1–3) | 3 (0.9) |
| | Abdominal | Gastric perforation | 1 (0.3) |
| | Mechanical thrombectomy related | Femoral dissection = angioplasty and stenting | 3 (0.9) | | Complicated hematoma = surgical treatment, one inferior limb ischemia, one inferior limb fasciotomy | 4 (1.2) |
| | Global | Pain (VAS > 3) | 14 (4.1) | | Nausea/vomiting | 12 (3.5) | | Death in ICU | 24 (7.0) | | Death in-hospital (after ICU) | 91 (26.4) |
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Difference 1.4 ± 1.3; , Difference 0.21 ± 11.9; p = 0.7. |
