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Table 1 Patient characteristics of the unweighted and weighted cohorts

From: Effectiveness of systemic thrombolysis on clinical outcomes in high-risk pulmonary embolism patients with venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a nationwide inpatient database study

 

Unweighted cohort

 

Weighted cohort

 
 

Thrombolysis

Control

 

Thrombolysis

Control

 
 

(n = 432)

(n = 788)

ASD

(n = 433)

(n = 787)

ASD

Age, years, mean (SD)

58 (16)

60 (16)

10

60

59

2

Men, n (%)

179 (41)

311 (39)

4

40

40

1

Smoking history, n (%)

      

 Non-smoker

270 (63)

448 (57)

12

60

59

1

 Current or past smoker

74 (17)

121 (15)

5

15

16

2

 Unknown

88 (20)

219 (28)

17

25

25

1

Body mass index on the day of admission, kg/m2, n (%)

      

 < 18.5

12 (3)

37 (5)

10

5

4

3

 18.5–24.9

175 (41)

300 (38)

5

40

40

1

 25.0–29.9

111 (26)

193 (24)

3

25

25

0

  ≥ 30.0

45 (10)

72 (9)

4

9

10

2

 Missing

89 (21)

186 (24)

7

22

22

1

Japan Coma Scale on the day of admission, n (%)

      

 0 (alert)

127 (29)

159 (20)

22

23

23

1

 1–3 (dizzy)

50 (12)

59 (7)

14

9

9

0

 10–30 (somnolent)

21 (5)

50 (6)

7

6

6

3

 100–300 (coma)

234 (54)

520 (66)

24

62

62

1

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, n (%)

206 (48)

485 (62)

28

57

57

1

Comorbidities, n (%)

      

 Coronary artery disease

22 (5)

48 (6)

4

5

6

2

 Heart failure

59 (14)

100 (13)

3

13

13

0

 Chronic lung disease

8 (2)

11 (1)

4

2

1

0

 Hypertension

57 (13)

91 (12)

5

12

12

1

 Diabetes mellitus

30 (7)

56 (7)

1

8

7

2

 Chronic kidney disease

6 (1)

12 (2)

1

1

1

1

 Cancer

11 (3)

45 (6)

16

4

5

4

Ambulance use, n (%)

385 (89)

710 (90)

3

90

90

1

Weekend admission, n (%)

114 (26)

176 (22)

9

25

24

2

ICU admission, n (%)

343 (79)

614 (78)

4

78

78

2

HCU admission, n (%)

69 (16)

146 (19)

7

18

18

1

Procedures on the day of admission, n (%)

      

 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

268 (62)

468 (59)

5

61

60

1

 Defibrillation

36 (8)

85 (11)

8

10

10

2

 Pacing

17 (4)

33 (4)

1

4

4

1

 TTM besides VA-ECMO

78 (18)

156 (20)

4

20

19

2

 Right heart catheterization

59 (14)

101 (13)

3

13

13

1

 Left heart catheterization

58 (13)

165 (21)

20

18

18

0

Resuscitative drugs on the day of admission

      

 Adrenaline, mg, mean (SD)

5 (5)

5 (6)

12

5

5

1

 Vasopressin, n (%)

27 (6)

62 (8)

6

8

8

4

 Atropine, n (%)

40 (9)

60 (8)

6

8

8

1

 Amiodarone, n (%)

18 (4)

42 (5)

6

5

5

2

  1. ASD absolute standardized difference, HCU high dependency care unit, ICU intensive care unit, SD standard deviation, TTM targeted temperature management, VA-ECMO venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation