Table 1.
Characteristics | n (%) |
---|---|
Gender | |
Female | 14 (50) |
Male | 14 (50) |
Age | |
0–10 days | 1 (4) |
11–90 days | 2 (7) |
3 – 11.9 months | 2 (7) |
12 months – 2.9 years | 1 (4) |
3 – 5.9 years | 5 (18) |
6 – 9.9 years | 5 (18) |
10 – 15 years | 12 (43) |
Ethnicity | |
Non-Hispanic or Latino | 24 (86) |
Hispanic or Latino | 4 (14) |
Race | |
Black or African-American | 3 (11) |
White/Caucasian | 25 (89) |
Initial GCS | |
13 | 2 (7) |
14 | 6 (21) |
15 | 20 (71) |
Admit location | |
ICU | 12 (43) |
Non-ICU | 16 (57) |
Mechanism of injury | |
MVC | 4 (14) |
Fall | 18 (64) |
Other (recreational) | 6 (21) |
Location of injury | |
Right | 12 (43) |
Left | 9 (32) |
Bilateral | 3 (11) |
Global | 4 (14) |
Frontal | 6 (28) |
Temporal | 7 (25) |
Parietal | 7 (28) |
Occipital | 1 (4) |
Type of injury | |
Subdural | 6(21) |
Epidural | 10 (36) |
Subarachnoid | 7 (25) |
Fracture | 17 (61) |
CSF leak | 1 (4) |
Contusion | 2 (7) |
GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; ICU, intensive care unit; MVC, motor vehicle collision; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid.