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Published in final edited form as: J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2018 Oct 26;23(2):227–235. doi: 10.3171/2018.7.PEDS18263

Table 3:

Clinical and radiologic influences indicating the need for ICU observation for children with GCS 13–15 head injuries and intracranial injury. Respondents were asked to select as many options as they agreed with (yes/no option). There were 3 missing responses.

	N (%) Agreeing
I would admit all children with GCS head injuries and ICI to the ICU	225 (42.1)
Post-traumatic seizure	282 (52.9)
Severe mechanism of injury	325 (61.0)
Midline shift (< 5 mm)	480 (90.1)
Depressed skull fracture (depressed at least the width of the skull)	322 (60.4)
Epidural hematoma (no midline shift)	471 (88.4)
Subdural hematoma (no midline shift)	289 (54.2)
Subarachnoid hemorrhage (no midline shift or ventriculomegaly)	235 (44.1)
Cerebral contusion (no midline shift)	223 (41.8)
Intraventricular hemorrhage (no midline shift or ventriculomegaly)	336 (63.0)
GCS score 14	98 (18.4)
GCS score 13	300 (56.3)
Presence of a focal neurological deficit	508 (95.3)
Patient age < 2 years	331 (62.1)
Other	34 (6.4)