Table 1 Overview of patient pool, study parameters, and evaluation times
From: Anterior chamber paracentesis after central retinal artery occlusion: a tenable therapy?
Paracentesis | No paracentesis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
≤6 h | 7–24 h | >24 h | all pat. | all pat. | p | |
Total number of patients [n] | 11 | 35 | 13 | 59 | 15 | |
Male [n (%)] | 7 (63.6%) | 18 (51.4%) | 9 (69.2%) | 34 (57.6%) | 5 (33.3%) | 0.1 |
Right Eye [n (%)] | 6 (54.5%) | 15 (42.9%) | 5 (38.5%) | 26 (44.1%) | 8 (53.3%) | 0.5 |
Age [years] | 72.3 ± 13.8 | 73.5 ± 8.6 | 73.6 ± 11.9 | 73.3 ± 10.3 | 76.7 ± 7.6 | 0.2 |
Eye pressure at admission [mmHg] | 13.6 ± 3.0 | 15.1 ± 3.1 | 16.1 ± 8.7 | 15 ± 4.8 | 13.3 ± 3.5 | 0.2 |
Time to treatment [h] | 4.1 ± 1.2 | 15.3 ± 6.3 | 43.9 ± 4.4 | 28.2 ± 37.7 | 24.4 ± 16.0 | 0.3 |
Length of hospital stay [days] | 4.6 ± 1.6 | 3.9 ± 2.1 | 3.9 ± 1.7 | 4.1 ± 1.5 | 4.9 ± 2.7 | 0.4 |
Bloodletting performed [n (%)] | 2 (18.2%) | 19 (54.3%) | 5 (38.5%) | 26 (44.1%) | 4 (26.7%) | 0.2 |