TABLE 2.
Functional Outcomes of Severe TBI Survivors at 2 Years With Favorable Recovery
| Parameters | GOS-E 4-6 N = 90 |
GOS-E 7-8 N = 50 |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (y) | .082 | ||
| 16-29 | 39 (54.2%) | 33 (45.8%) | |
| 30-44 | 25 (75.8%) | 8 (24.2%) | |
| 45-59 | 19 (73.1%) | 7 (26.9%) | |
| 60-80 | 7 (77.8%) | 2 (22.2%) | |
| Sex | .004 | ||
| Female | 29 (85.3%) | 5 (14.7%) | |
| Male | 61 (57.5%) | 45 (42.5%) | |
| Admission GCS | .054 | ||
| 3-4 | 22 (84.6%) | 4 (15.4%) | |
| 5-6 | 22 (57.9%) | 16 (42.1%) | |
| 7-8 | 46 (60.5%) | 30 (39.5%) | |
| ISS | .084 | ||
| Minor/moderate | 3 (42.9%) | 4 (57.1%) | |
| Serious | 13 (59.1%) | 9 (40.9%) | |
| Severe | 58 (61.7%) | 36 (38.3%) | |
| Critical/maximum | 11 (91.7%) | 1 (8.3%) | |
| Mechanism of injury | .749 | ||
| MVC | 44 (66.7%) | 22 (33.3%) | |
| Fall | 15 (60.0%) | 10 (40.0%) | |
| MCC | 12 (57.1%) | 9 (42.9%) | |
| ATV | 7 (70.0%) | 3 (30.0%) | |
| Pedestrian struck | 5 (83.3%) | 1 (16.7%) | |
| Bicyclist | 3 (75.0%) | 1 (25.0%) | |
| Other | 2 (40.0%) | 3 (60.0%) | |
| Intracranial bleed | .054 | ||
| IPH | 48 (64.9%) | 26 (35.1%) | |
| SAH | 61 (77.2%) | 18 (22.8%) | |
| SDH | 41 (66.1%) | 21 (33.9%) | |
| EDH | 10 (45.5%) | 12 (54.5%) | |
| IVH | 9 (60.0%) | 6 (40.0%) | |
| DAI | 25 (65.8%) | 13 (34.2%) | |
| In-hospital infection | .185 | ||
| No | 12 (52.2%) | 11 (47.8%) | |
| Yes | 78 (66.7%) | 39 (33.3%) |
ATV, all-terrain vehicle; DAI, diffuse axonal injury; EDH, epidural hematoma; GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; GOS-E, Glasgow Outcome Scale-Extended; IPH, intraparenchymal hematoma; ISS, Injury Severity Score; IVH, intraventricular hematoma; MCC, motorcycle crash; MVC, motor vehicle crash; SAH, subarachnoid hematoma; SDH, subdural hematoma.