Table 1.
Patients characteristics.
| Properties | Categories | Values |
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| Age (year) | Male 154 (61.6%) |
44.39 ± 19.83 (ranged 18–48) |
| Female 96 (38.4%) |
48.50 ± 18.69 (ranged 18–82) |
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| Cause of hospitalization | Traumatic | 101 (40.4%) |
| Nontraumatic | 140 (59.4%) | |
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| History | Underlying disease | 145 (58%) |
| Prior history of hospitalization | 33 (13.2%) | |
| Required intubation | 164 (65.6%) | |
| Required tracheostomy | 8 (3.2%) | |
| Required reintubation | 4 (1.6%) | |
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| Patients morbidity/mortality outcomes | Brain death | 2 (0.8%) |
| Transfer to the other centers | 7 (2.8%) | |
| Vegetative state | 2 (0.8%) | |
| Quadriplegia in the ICU | 1 (0.4%) | |
| Quadriplegia out of the ICU | 2 (0.8%) | |
| Death | 78 (31.2%) | |