Meningitis in critically ill patients admitted to intensive care unit for severe community-acquired pneumococcal pneumonia

Annals of Intensive Care

Table 3 Outcomes of patients according to the diagnosis of meningitis

Variables	No meningitis (n = 74)	Meningitis (n = 14)	p value
At ICU discharge
Mortality rate, n (%)	10 (13)	2 (14)	0.73
Neurological disorders, n (%)	17 (23)	9 (64)	< 0.001
Glasgow Outcome Scale (1–3), n (%)	24 (32)	4 (29)	1.00
Glasgow Outcome Scale (4–5), n (%)	50 (68)	10 (71)	1.00
At hospital discharge*
At home, n (%)	38 (57)	5 (45)	0.53
Rehabilitation, n (%)	16 (24)	3 (27)	1.00
Mortality rate, n (%)	13 (19)	3 (27)	0.69
At Day-30*
At home, n (%)	26 (37)	3 (23)	0.53
Rehabilitation, n (%)	3 (4)	0 (0)	0.97
Hospitalized outside ICU, n (%)	20 (28)	5 (39)	0.52
Hospitalized in ICU, n (%)	12 (17)	3 (23)	0.69
Mortality rate, n (%)	10 (14)	2 (15)	1.00
At Day-90*
At home, n (%)	43 (71)	4 (50)	0.42
Rehabilitation, n (%)	2 (3)	0 (0)	1.00
Hospitalized outside ICU, n (%)	3 (5)	1 (13)	0.39
Hospitalized in ICU, n (%)	2 (3)	0 (0)	1.00
Mortality rate, n (%)	11 (18)	3 (37)	0.19

Data are expressed as counts (percentages)
The Glasgow Outcome Scale ranges from 1 (death) to 5 (good recovery)
ICU intensive care unit
*missing data : 10 missing data at hospital discharge, 4 missing data at Day-30 and 19 missing data at Day-90.