Table 1.

Patient Baseline Characteristics

Variable	Value
Patient number	24
Age, years	38 [24–54]
Cause of injury, fall/RTC	8/16
Isolated TBI vs. polytrauma	17 vs.7
Decompressive craniectomy, yes/no	2/22
Admission Glasgow Coma Scale score	6 [5–8]
Marshall CT-score	2 [2–3]
Time from TBI to initiation of CMD monitoring, h	8 [6–16]
Time from TBI to initiation of HL, h	27 [22–41]
Time from PCT to initiation of HL, h	4 [2–18]
Duration of CMD monitoring, days	4 [3–7]

Data are expressed as median and interquartile range.

CMD, cerebral microdialysis; HL, hypertonic lactate infusion; PCT, perfusion CT; RTC, road traffic collision; TBI, traumatic brain injury.