Table 1.
Description of Subjects With Abusive Head Trauma (n = 32)
| Variable | No EEG Monitoring (n = 11) n (%) |
EEG Monitoring (n = 21) n (%) |
p |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (mo) (median [IQR]) | 4 [3,11] | 4 [3,4] | 0.23 |
| Sex | 0.71 | ||
| Male | 6 (38) | 10 (62) | |
| Female | 5 (31) | 11 (69) | |
| Pre-existing neurodevelopmental diagnosis | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | 1 |
| Presenting symptoms/Signsa | |||
| Seizure | 0 (0) | 4 (100) | 0.27 |
| Altered mental status | 8 (35) | 15 (65) | 1 |
| Cardiac arrest | 0 (0) | 5 (100) | 0.14 |
| Emesis/choke/gag | 4 (31) | 9 (69) | 1 |
| Initial Glasgow Coma Scale (median [IQR])b | 15 [11,15] | 8 [3,14] | 0.05 |
| Intubated | 2 (11) | 16 (89) | 0.003 |
| Mortality | 1 (20) | 4 (80) | 0.64 |
| Length of stay (d) (median [IQR]) | |||
| PICU | 1 [1,3] | 6 [4,9] | 0.001 |
| Hospital | 6 [2,7] | 15 [8,25] | 0.002 |
EEG = electroencephalography, IQR = interquartile range.
a
Coexisting presenting symptoms/signs were possible.
b
Glasgow Coma Scale was not documented for nine subjects.
Values in bold font indicate significant value.