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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurocrit Care. 2020 Oct 27;34(3):1017–1025. doi: 10.1007/s12028-020-01121-z

Table 2:

Association between lowest mean arterial pressure percentile and lowest systolic blood pressure percentile over the first 12 hours from PICU admit and poor discharge disposition among patients admitted to the PICU with severe TBI who survived 12 hours from PICU admission (n=166).

Mean Arterial Pressure Systolic Blood Pressure

Lowest blood pressure percentile Poor discharge outcome N (%) Relative Risk
Poor discharge outcome N (%) Relative Risk
Unadjusted Adjusted* Unadjusted Adjusted*
< 5th 18/42 (42.9) 9.0 (2.2, 36.4) 5.3 (1.2, 23.0) 28/56 (50.0) 6.8 (1.7, 26.3) 5.4 (1.3, 22.2)
5th - 9th 4/10 (40.0) 8.4 (1.8, 39.6) 8.5 (1.9, 38.7) 3/22 (13.6) 1.8 (0.3, 10.1) 1.8 (0.3, 10.0)
10th – 24th 5/35 (14.3) 3.0 (0.6, 14.5) 2.7 (0.6, 12.3) 0/28 (0.0) n/a n/a
25th - 49th 4/30 (13.3) 2.8 (0.5, 14.3) 2.7 (0.5, 13.6) 1/31 (3.2) 0.4 (0, 4.5) 0.4 (0, 4.7)
50th-95th 2/42 (4.8) Referent Referent 2/27 (7.4) Referent Referent
≥ 95th 1/7 (14.3) 3.0 (0.3, 28.8) 2.7 (0.3, 24.8) 0/2 (0.0) n/a n/a

AIS=Abbreviated Injury Scale severity score. PICU=Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. TBI=traumatic brain injury.

*

Analyses adjusted for severe head injury (head AIS > 3), severe non-head injury (maximum non-head AIS > 3), and vasoactive use within the first twelve hours of PICU admission (Y/N)