Table 1:
Patient Demographics and Clinical Characteristics (n=65)
Age, mean +/− SD years | 41.3 +/− 21.8 years |
Male sex, N (%) | 49 (75%) |
Duration of acute hospitalization (range) |
0.5 – 362 days |
Admission GCS, median (range)* | 6.5 (3 to 15) |
Years of education (range) | 1–Doctoral Degree |
TBI Mechanism, N (%) | |
Motor vehicle accident | 29 (45%) |
Fall | 19 (29%) |
Pedestrian hit by car | 9 (14%) |
Motorcycle accident | 4 (6%) |
Sport related injuries | 3 (5%) |
Assault | 1 (1%) |
Marshall Head CT Classification | |
Diffuse injury I | 2 (5%) |
Diffuse injury II | 24 (61%) |
Diffuse injury III | 5 (13%) |
Diffuse injury IV | 0 |
Evacuated mass lesion | 7 (18%) |
Non-evacuated mass lesion | 1 (3%) |
Traumatic Axonal Injury Grade | |
Grade 1 | 35 (54%) |
Grade 2 | 15 (23%) |
Grade 3 | 15 (23%) |
Abbreviations: GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale.
GCS data were not available for one patient.