Table 3 Prognosis of patients with intracranial infection or non-infection after neurosurgery.

From: Combination value of cell index, CSF PCT, and CSF IL-6 for intracranial infection diagnosis after neurosurgery

 

Intracranial infection group (n = 48)

Intracranial non-infection group (n = 154)

P value

28-day mortality (%)

14.58% (7/48)

5.84% (9/154)

0.050

Length of stay in ICU (days)

21.02 ± 7.82

17.91 ± 7.35

0.012

Length of stay in hospital (days)

35.98 ± 21.96

30.94 ± 19.16

0.126

6-month GOS score*

2.88 ± 1.02

3.42 ± 1.05

0.002

  1. *GOS score: Glasgow Outcome Scale score.