Table 3.
Logistic Regression Analysis of Clinical Variables that Could Influence Brain Death Outcome
| Clinical variables | p | OR (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | 0.654 | 0.70 (0.14–3.31) |
| Age | 0.530 | 1.01 (0.97–1.04) |
| ISS | 0.031 | 1.047 (1.01–1.09) |
| GCS | 0.044 | 1.34 (1.08–1.77) |
| Hypotensiona | 0.096 | 2.44 (0.85–7.01) |
| Desaturationa | 0.111 | 2.35 (0.82–6.73) |
| No extracranial injuries | 0.103 | 2.44 (0.84–7.10) |
| Both pupils wide and unresponsive | 0.001 | 30.72 (7.32–128.90) |
| Mass type TCDB | ||
| Evacuated | 0.007 | 3.11 (1.88–10.93) |
| Non-evacuated | 0.008 | 10.5 (1.82–60.45) |
| S100B | ||
| At admission | 0.008 | 1.99 (1.21–3.32) |
| At 24 h | 0.002 | 5.37 (1.85–15.59) |
Significant results are highlighted in bold.
a
Pre-hospital.
OR, odds ratio; CI, Confidence Interval; ISS, Injury Severity Score; GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale; TCDB, Trauma Coma Data Bank.