TABLE 1.
Patient demographics
| No. of patients (n = 64) |
|
|---|---|
| Gender (M:F) | 53:11 |
| Age (range) | 50.3 (15-97) |
| Mechanism of injury | |
| Fall | 47% (30) |
| MVA | 34% (22) |
| Assault | 14% (9) |
| Unknown | 5% (3) |
| GCS score at hospital presentation | |
| ≤8 | 59% (38) |
| >8 | 36% (23) |
| Unknown | 5% (3) |
| Injury severity | |
| Marshall score (range) | 3.4 (1-6) |
| Rotterdam score (range) | 3.2 (1-6) |
| Initial head CT findings | |
| Multicompartment injury | 59% (38) |
| Isolated injury | 38% (24) |
| Unknowna | 3% (2) |
| Surgical intervention | 50% (32) |
| Hemicraniectomy | 33% (21) |
| Hemicraniotomy | 14% (9) |
| Burr hole | 5% (2) |
| mRS at hospital discharge | |
| mRS 2 | 2 (3%) |
| mRS 3 | 9 (14%) |
| mRS 4 | 9 (14%) |
| mRS 5 | 28 (44%) |
| mRS 6 | 16 (25%) |
| Discharge disposition | |
| Dead | 16 (25%) |
| Skilled care facility | 13 (20%) |
| Acute rehabilitation facility | 33 (51%) |
| Home | 2 (3%) |
Abbreviations: CT, computed tomography; GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; MVA, motor vehicle accident; mRS, modified Rankin Scale.
a
For some patients, initial head CT scans performed at other hospitals were not available for review.