Development of the SIMPLE scoring system for predicting malignant brain edema in patients with large hemispheric infarction following acute ischemic stroke.

Neurosurg Rev · 2026 · PMC12769707 · PMID 41491899

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.136not close (p > 0.1)

Although a history of smoking was more frequently observed in the MBE group, the difference did not reach statistical significance (21.7% vs. 0%, p = 0.136).

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