Table 2 Clinical outcomes of patients with AMI and paralysis undergoing PCI.

From: In-hospital outcomes and temporal analysis of paralyzed patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

Outcomes

AMI without paralysis

(n = 2,136,961)

AMI with spinal cord injury paralysis

(n = 6,711)

AMI with stroke paralysis

(n = 8,322)

P-value*

Number of cases weighted (%)

99.3 (99.2, 99.4)

0.3 (0.3, 0.4)

0.4 (0.3, 0.5)

 

In-hospital mortality (%)

2.1 (1.8, 2.4)

6.4 (4.4, 9.2)

3.2 (2.2, 4.5)

< 0.001

Complications (%)

 Cardiogenic shock

3.5 (3.1, 3.9)

7.3 (5.1, 10.4)

4.2 (3.1, 5.6)

< 0.001

 Acute kidney injury

7.9 (7.1, 8.8)

12.8 (9.1, 17.8)

13.2 (10.6, 16.4)

< 0.001

 Urinary tract infection

3.8 (3.4, 4.2)

10.3 (7.3, 14.2)

8.8 (6.9, 11.1)

< 0.001

 Length of hospital stay (d)

3.7 (3.6, 3.8)

7.5 (6.4, 8.6)

5.8 (5.2, 6.4)

< 0.001

 Number of ICD-9-CM procedures on this discharge

6.9 (6.6, 7.2)

7.3 (6.6, 7.9)

7.0 (6.8, 7.3)

0.127

  1. *Survey-weighted linear regression was used for continuous variables and a survey-weighted chi-square test was used for categorical variables. Data are presented as the survey-weighted mean (95% CI) for continuous variables and the survey-weighted percentage (95% CI) for categorical variables.
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