Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of the study cohort, consisting of 108 patients who sustained an acute traumatic intracranial bleeding. Continuous variables denoted as means with standard deviation (SD), categorical data as counts (%). Median was used when there was non-normal distribution with interquartile range (IQR)
| Characteristics | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Total patients | 108 (100) |
| Age, median (IQR) | 60 (31) |
| Male sex | 55 (51) |
| ASA score | |
| Normal healthy person | 67 (62) |
| Person with a mild systemic disease | 38 (35) |
| Patient with a severe systemic disease | 3 (3) |
| GCS on admission, median (IQR) | 12 (8) |
| Type of lesion * | |
| ASDH | 66 (61) |
| EDH | 17 (16) |
| CC | 60 (56) |
| SAH | 64 (59) |
| Combination of hemorrhages | 75 (69) |
| Extracranial AIS on admission, median (IQR) | 2 (3) |
| Number of CT-scans performed, median (IQR) | 2 (1) |
| Midline shift | 31 (29) |
| Skull fracture | 69 (64) |
| Progression of hemorrhagic injury | 38 (35) |
| In-hospital mortality | 22 (20) |
| Coagulation Parameters | |
| HB, mean (SD) | 8.2 (1.1) |
| Platelets, mean (SD) | 230.7 (67.7) |
| Hypertension | 24 (22.2) |
| Duration of hospital stay, median (IQR) | 8 (11) |
| Admitted to ICU | 71 (66) |
| Patients operated | 28 |
| Operations performed | 38 |
| Evacuation of hemorrhage | 10 (10) |
| Intracranial pressure monitoring device | 9 (8) |
| Decompressive craniectomy | 11 (10) |
| External ventricular drain | 8 (7) |
Some patients had multiple intracranial lesions
ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists, GCS Glasgow Coma Scale, ASDH acute subdural hemorrhage, EDH epidural hemorrhage, CC cerebral contusion, SAH subarachnoid hemorrhage, AIS Abbreviated Injury Scale, CT scan computed tomography scan, HB hemoglobin, ICU intensive care unit