Table 3 Characteristics of neurological early rehabilitation patients with good and poor outcome

N

23

70

n.a.

Age [years]

50.9 (12.5)

53.7 (15.2)

n.s.

Time interval until onset of neurological early rehabilitation [days]

26.0 (17.1)

34.0 (39.2)

n.s.

LOS—neurological early rehabilitation [days]

46.4 (68.2)

95.4 (53.2)

<0.01

LOS—inpatient neurological rehabilitation [days]

98.8 (86.9)

111.7 (80.6)

n.s.

Number of co-diagnoses [n]

10.4 (5.0)

17.3 (6.0)

<0.001

Hypoxic interval [min]

8.8 (6.3)

7.4 (6.0)

n.s.

Duration of resuscitation [min]

30.0 (–)

23.5 (10.0)

–

Time until signs of recovery observed (coma length) [days]

17.6 (18.9)

46.8 (44.6)

<0.01

Duration of vegetative instability [days]

3.1 (6.7)

24.2 (36.6)

<0.01

Barthel Index (BI) on admission [0 to 100]

45.0 (33.7)

3.3 (4.8)

<0.001

BI at discharge [0 to 100]

85.0 (13.7)

9.3 (12.2)

<0.001

Delta BI (discharge minus admission)

40.0 (30.6)

6.0 (10.7)

<0.001

Early Rehabilitation Index (ERI) on admission [−325 to 0]

−112.0 (79.4)

−188.6 (95.0)

<0.01

ERI at discharge [−325 to 0]

−38.0 (49.4)

−144.3 (87.1)

<0.001

Delta ERI (discharge minus admission)

73.9 (17.7)

44.3 (8.7)

n.s.

Delta ERBI (Early Rehabilitation Barthel Index, discharge minus admission)

113.9 (109.7)

50.3 (75.4)

<0.01

Coma Remission Scale (CRS) [0 to 24] on admission

20.8 (5.6)

11.8 (8.3)

<0.001

Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) on admission [3 to 15]

12.2 (2.1)

8.6 (3.2)

<0.001

Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) at discharge [3 to 15]

13.7 (0.6)

9.1 (3.6)

<0.001