Table 1. Table of demographics of patients with traumatic brain injury included in the study.
Survived (n = 7) | Non-surviors (n = 5) | p value | |
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Age, mean ± SD | 5.9 ± 3.9 | 8.2 ± 6.5 | 0.45 |
Male (%) | 3 (43) | 3 (60) | 0.62 |
Admission GCS, median (range) | 9 (3–13) | 3 (3–9) | 0.26 |
Motor Score | 4 (1–6) | 1 (1–4) | 0.21 |
Mechanism of injury | |||
Car vs Patient | 3 (43) | 5 (100) | 0.07 |
Car vs Car | 3 (43) | 0 (0) | 0.03 |
Fall from height | 1 (14) | 0 (0) | 0.24 |
Pupils | |||
Reactive (%) | 5 (72) | 2 (40) | 0.1 |
Fixed Unilaterally (%) | 1 (14) | 2 (40) | 0.45 |
Fixed Bilaterally (%) | 1 (14) | 1 (20) | 1 |
Hypoxia | 1 (14) | 2 (40) | 0.45 |
Hypotension | 2 (28) | 0 (0) | 0.15 |
Modified Marshall Score, (median) | 2 | 3 | NA |
SAH on CT (%) | 5 (72) | 4 (80) | 0.8 |
Epidural Mass (%) | 4 (58) | 1 (20) | 0.09 |
Petechial Haemorrhages (%) | 3 (42) | 1 (20) | 0.6 |
Obilteration of Basal Cisterns (%) | 2 (28) | 3 (60) | 0.3 |
Mid-line shift (%) | 4 (58) | 1 (20) | 0.09 |
Surgical Intervention | |||
External Ventricular Drain | 2 (28) | 1 (20) | 0.3 |
Haematoma Evacuation | 2 (28) | 0 (0) | 0.15 |
Decompression | 1 (14) | 1 (20) | 1 |
Haemoglobin, mean ± SD | 7.9 ± 1.9 | 11.6 ± 3.1 | 0.01 |
Glucose, mean ± SD | 11.4 ± 1.6 | 11.1 ± 3.9 | 0.9 |
Glasgow Outcome Score, median (range) | 5 (3–5) | 1 (1) | 0.001 |