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Table 2 Injury Characteristics and Procedures

From: Correlation between intracranial pressure monitoring for severe traumatic brain injury with hospital length of stay and discharge disposition: a retrospective observational cohort study

 

No ICP

Monitor

n = 65

ICP

Monitor

n = 58

P

Total

n = 123

ICH Type, % (n)

 SAH

66.2% (43)

50.0% (29)

0.04

58.5% (72)

 SDH

53.8% (35)

74.1% (43)

0.04

63.4% (78)

 EDH

13.8% (9)

5.2% (3)

0.13

9.8% (12)

 IPH

24.6% (16)

31.0% (18)

0.50

27.6% (34)

 IVH

9.2% (6)

10.3% (6)

0.88

9.8% (12)

 Extra-axial

6.2% (4)

8.6% (5)

0.74

7.3% (9)

Skull Fracture, % (n)

52.3% (34)

67.2% (39)

0.14

59.5% (73)

In-hospital Procedures, % (n)

 Craniotomy

12.3% (8)

48.3% (28)

< 0.0001

29.3% (36)

 Craniectomy

3.1% (2)

37.9% (22)

< 0.0001

19.5% (24)

 Reimplant Skull

0% (0)

1.7% (1)

0.48

0.8% (1)

 Tracheostomy

15.4% (10)

39.7% (23)

0.004

26.8% (33)

 G-tube

16.9% (11)

39.7% (23)

0.01

27.6% (34)

 IVC Filter

4.6% (3)

5.2% (3)

> 0.99

4.9% (6)

ICP Monitor Characteristics, % (n)

 EVD

N/A

55.9% (33)

N/A

26.8% (33)

 Bolt

N/A

22.2% (13)

N/A

10.6% (13)

 Drain

N/A

5.1% (3)

N/A

2.4% (3)

  1. Bold numbers indicate statistical significance at p < 0.05
  2. ICP Intracranial pressure, ICH intracranial hemorrhage, SAH subarachnoid hemorrhage, SDH subdural hemorrhage, EDH epidural hemorrhage, IPH intraparenchymal hemorrhage, IVH intraventricular hemorrhage, IVC inferior vena cava, CT computed tomography, EVD external ventricular drain, N/A not applicable