TABLE 1.
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of the Patients in This Study
| Parameters | Overall N = 140 |
Days to follow commands (SD) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (y) | .669 | ||
| 16-29 | 72 (51.4%) | 12.4 (12.7) | |
| 30-44 | 33 (23.6%) | 14.9 (12.4) | |
| 45-59 | 26 (18.6%) | 11.5 (9.3) | |
| 60-80 | 9 (6.4%) | 11.2 (8.4) | |
| Sex | .003 | ||
| Female | 34 (24.3%) | 17.8 (16.3) | |
| Male | 106 (75.7%) | 11.1 (9.4) | |
| Admission GCS | .219 | ||
| 3-4 | 26 (18.6%) | 15.2 (13.0) | |
| 5-6 | 38 (27.1%) | 14.1 (13.8) | |
| 7-8 | 76 (54.3%) | 11.2 (10.0) | |
| ISS | .739 | ||
| Minor/moderate | 7 (5.0%) | 11.3 (11.5) | |
| Serious | 22 (15.7%) | 12.6 (11.5) | |
| Severe | 94 (67.1%) | 11.7 (11.4) | |
| Critical/maximum | 12 (8.6%) | 15.5 (10.3) | |
| Mechanism of injury | .909 | ||
| MVC | 66 (47.1%) | 13.2 (13.0) | |
| Fall | 25 (17.9%) | 14.2 (11.4) | |
| MCC | 21 (15.0%) | 12.8 (12.6) | |
| ATV | 10 (7.1%) | 11.4 (7.4) | |
| Pedestrian struck | 6 (4.3%) | 11.5 (10.4) | |
| Bicyclist | 4 (2.9%) | 5.5 (4.0) | |
| Other | 8 (5.7%) | 13.0 (10.1) | |
| Intracranial bleed | .010 | ||
| IPH | 74 (52.9%) | 12.1 (10.0) | |
| SAH | 79 (56.4%) | 14.8 (13.3) | |
| SDH | 62 (44.3%) | 14.3 (14.8) | |
| EDH | 22 (15.7%) | 10.9 (10.9) | |
| IVH | 15 (10.7%) | 20.1 (20.6) | |
| DAI | 38 (27.1%) | 20.2 (15.5) | |
| Craniectomy/craniotomy | .914 | ||
| No | 86 (61.4%) | 12.8 (12.3) | |
| Yes | 54 (38.6%) | 12.6 (11.0) | |
| Other surgery | .844 | ||
| No | 57 (40.7%) | 12.5 (11.1) | |
| Yes | 83 (59.3%) | 12.9 (12.3) | |
| In-hospital infection | .010 | ||
| No | 23 (16.4%) | 7.0 (6.6) | |
| Yes | 117 (83.6%) | 13.9 (12.2) |
ATV, all-terrain vehicle; DAI, diffuse axonal injury; EDH, epidural hematoma; GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; IPH, intraparenchymal hematoma; ISS, Injury Severity Score; IVH, intraventricular hematoma; MCC, motorcycle crash; MVC, motor vehicle crash; SAH, subarachnoid hematoma; SDH, subdural hematoma.