Table 1.
Association of variables with neurologic diagnostic group
| Total n=380 |
Exshunt n=196 (52) |
Tumor n=122 (32) |
ICH n=23 (6) |
TBI n=17 (5) |
Meningitis n=9 (2) |
Other n=13 (3) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 5.2 [1.7, 14] |
6.7 [2.2, 12.5] |
9.7 [6.4, 14.7] | 10.3 [2.6, 14.6] |
2.8 [0.7, 8] | 11.4 [3.6, 15] |
0.29 | |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 169 (44) | 89 (45) | 51 (42) | 12 (52) | 9 (53) | 2 (22) | 6 (46) | 0.66 |
| Female | 211 (56) | 107 (55) | 71 (58) | 11 (48) | 8 (47) | 7 (78) | 7 (54) | |
| Weight (kg) | 20.5 [12,50] |
17 [10.5, 48.5] |
23.5 [13, 50] |
44 [18, 55] | 31 [15, 70] | 14.2 [11, 25] | 37 [19.4, 41.8] |
0.099 |
| Seizure disorder | 73 (19) | 56 (29) | 12 (10) | 2 (9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (23) | <0.001 |
| Maximum daily EVD output (mL) |
279 [168, 374] |
309 [205, 389] |
224 [80, 335] |
294 [234, 383] | 299 [241, 389] | 215 [170, 373] | 218 [85, 345] |
<0.001 |
| ICP monitored | 164 (43) | 20 (10) | 89 (73) | 22 (96) | 17 (100) | 8 (89) | 8 (62) | <0.001 |
| ICP > 20 mm Hg | 55 (14) | 2 (10) | 24 (27) | 11 (50) | 14 (82) | 3 (38) | 1 (13) | <0.001 |
| EVD duration (days) | 6 [4, 10] | 8 [5, 12] | 4 [3, 6] | 8 [4,11] | 8 [7,11] | 5 [4, 11] | 4 [3,5] | <0.001 |
| Mortality | 19 (5) | 8 (4) | 5 (4) | 3 (13) | 0 (0) | 2 (22) | 1 (8) | 0.07 |
Externalized ventriculostomy drain (EVD), pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), traumatic brain injury (TBI), spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage (ICH), externalization of ventriculoperitoneal shunt (Exshunt), intracranial pressure (ICP), cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).