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Table 2 Results of inverse probability in the unweighted and weighted cohort

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

Risk differences

Outcomes

(n = 432)

(n = 788)

(n = 433)

(n = 787)

(95% CI)

P-value

Primary outcome

      

 In-hospital mortality, n (%)

225 (52)

477 (61)

240 (55)

459 (58)

− 3.0 (− 9.6 to 3.5)

0.36

Secondary outcomes

      

 Favorable neurological outcomes, n (%)

182 (42)

261 (33)

170 (39)

277 (35)

4.0 (− 2.3 to 10.3)

0.21

 Length of hospital stay, days, mean (SD)

29 (70)

23 (32)

27 (63)

23 (32)

3.9 (− 2.0 to 9.8)

0.20

 Length of VA-ECMO, days, mean (SD)

3 (3)

3 (4)

3 (3)

3 (4)

− 0.3 (− 0.7 to 0.2)

0.21

 Total hospitalization cost, × 103 dollars, mean (SD)

30 (26)

27 (21)

30 (26)

27 (21)

2.9 (− 0.2 to 6.0)

0.07

 Major bleeding in a critical area or organ, n (%)

17 (4)

22 (3)

23 (5)

21 (3)

2.6 (− 0.2 to 5.5)

0.07

 Intracranial bleeding, n (%)

6 (1)

9 (1)

10 (2)

9 (1)

1.3 (− 0.9 to 3.5)

0.26

 Blood transfusions, ml, mean (SD)

      

  Red blood cells

2829 (2651)

2580 (2733)

2880 (2761)

2637 (2803)

244 (− 140 to 627)

0.21

  Fresh-frozen plasma

1413 (2155)

1395 (1977)

1545 (2417)

1410 (2017)

136 (− 207 to 479)

0.44

  Platelet concentrate

254 (521)

290 (540)

272 (588)

297 (553)

− 26 (− 107 to 56)

0.54

  1. CI confidence interval, SD standard deviation, VA-ECMO venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation