Table 2.

Subject Characteristics and Outcome by Fever Status. Asterisks denotes significant difference

	Polytrauma (n=59)		Isolated Head (n=97)		Isolated Body (n=100)
	Fever (n=14)	No Fever (n=45)	Fever (n=11)	No Fever (n=86)	Fever (n=17)	No Fever (n=83)
Median ISS [IQR]	34 [22–43]	29 [26–34]	26 [19–27]*	17 [10–19]	17 [14–21]	21 [11–26]
Median Admission GCS [IQR]	7 [3–15]	14 [12–15]	14 [4–15]*	15 [14–15]	15 [14–15]	15 [15–15]
Median Head AIS [IQR]	4 [3–5]	3 [3–4]	5 [4–5]*	4 [3–4]	0 [0–0]	0 [0–0]
Culture Verified Infection	21%(3)	7%(3)	9%(1)	7%(6)	6%(1)	5%(4)
Neuro Deterioration %(n)	42% (6)	24% (11)	36% (4)*	9% (8)	n/a	n/a
Death in Hospital	14%(2)*	0%(0)	18%(2)*	3%(3)	6%(1)*	0%(0)
Median Length of stay in ICU in days [IQR]	7 [4–13]*	3 [2–7]	5 [2–8]*	2 [2–3]	3 [2–10]*	2 [2–4]
Median Length of stay in hospital in days [IQR]	18 [12–27]*	9 [5–14]	11 [3–17]	4 [3–6]	9 [5–22]	7 [5–11]
Median Discharge GOSE [IQR]	3 [3–5]*	5 [3–8]	3 [2–5]*	7 [4–8]	n/a	n/a