Table 3.
Outcomes and Mortality Rates According to Computed Tomography Classification of Traumatic Coma Data Bank in All Patients
| Favorable outcome | Mortality | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT classification (TCDB classification) | Total no. | Therapeutic hypothermia (88) | Fever control (47) | p value | Therapeutic hypothermia (88) | Fever control (47) | p value |
| Diffuse injury I | 2 | 1/1 (100) | 1/1 (100) | - | 0/1 (0) | 0/1 (0) | - |
| Diffuse injury II | 40 | 13/24 (54.2) | 11/16 (68.8) | 0.356 | 3/24 (12.5) | 3/16 (18.8) | 0.588 |
| Diffuse injury III | 22 | 5/13 (38.5) | 6/9 (66.7) | 0.193 | 7/13 (53.8) | 1/9 (11.1) | 0.041 |
| Diffuse injury IV | 4 | 1/2 (50.0) | 0/2 (0) | - | 1/2 (50.0) | 0/2 (0) | - |
| Evacuated mass lesion | 62 | 19/43 (44.2) | 6/19 (31.6) | 0.351 | 16/43 (37.2) | 6/19 (31.6) | 0.669 |
| Nonevacuated mass lesion | 3 | 1/3 (33.3) | 0/0 (0) | - | 2/3 (66.7) | 0/0 (0) | - |
| Unknown | 2 | 0/2 (0) | 0/0 (0) | - | 2/2 (100) | 0/0 (0) | - |
CT, computed tomography; TCDB, Traumatic Coma Data Bank.
Values are no. (%).