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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurosurg Anesthesiol. 2017 Jul;29(3):228–235. doi: 10.1097/ANA.0000000000000292

Table 3.

Intraoperative Secondary Insult data for Orthopedic Surgery in Patients with moderate-severe Traumatic Brain Injury (n=78). Data are presented as number (%) or median (range).

Overall
N=78
Orthopedic
Surgery
within 2 days of
TBI
(n=41)
Orthopedic
Surgery
3–14 days after
TBI
(n=37)
P
(95% CI)

Systemic Hypotension (SBP <90 mmHg) 47 (60%) 25(61%) 22 (59%) 0.89 (0.38, 2.33)
Lowest SBP (mmHg) 50 (0–88) 87 (65–88) 78 (0–88) 0.66 (−6.77, 7.13)

Intracranial Hypertension (ICP >20mmHg) 10/20 (50%) 5/8 (62%) 5/12 (42%) 0.60 (0.24, 3.35)
Highest ICP (mmHg) 19 (10–44) 21 (14–44) 19 (10–38) 0.65 (−6.37, 10.62)

Cerebral Hypotension (CPP <50 mmHg) 9/20 (45%) 4/8 (50%) 5/12 (42%) 0.55 (0.17, 2.80)
Lowest CPP (mmHg) 56 (29–101) 51 (29–83) 58 (40–101) 0.65 (−22.79, 12.62)

Hypercarbia (ETCO2> 40 mmHg) 25 (32%) 13 (32%) 12 (32%) 0.98 (0.50, 2.95)
Highest ETCO2 (mmHg) 51 (30–68) 42 (30–68) 42 (30–60) 0.50 (−4.38, 4.45)

Hypocarbia (ETCO2< 30 (mmHg) 33 (29%) 11 (27%) 12 (32%) 0.23 (0.50, 3.47)
Lowest ETCO2 (mmHg) 31 (20–51) 31 (20–41) 31 (23–51) 0.72 (−3.54, 0.87)

Hyperthermia (core temperature >38°C) 9 (12%) 3 (7.5%) 6 (16%) 0.02 (0.09, 1.17)
Highest temperature (°C) 37.3 (35.6–39.1) 37.3 (36.5–38.3) 37.4 (35.6–39.1) 0.09 (−0.64, 0.11)

Hyperglycemia (Blood glucose >200 mg/dL) 2/30 (6.7%) 1/13(7.7%) 1/17(5.9%) 0.47 (0.05, 14.92)
Highest blood glucose (mg/dL) 129 (83–293) 148 (87–293) 122 (83–240) 0.14 (−23.00, 46.56)

SBP= Systolic Blood Pressure. ICP= Intracranial Pressure. CPP=Cerebral Perfusion Pressure. ETCO2= End tidal CO2