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

Table 3:

Association between lowest mean arterial pressure percentile and lowest systolic blood pressure percentile over the first 12 hours from PICU admit and in-hospital mortality 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 In-hospital mortality N (%) Relative Risk
In-hospital mortality N (%) Relative Risk
Unadjusted Adjusted* Unadjusted Adjusted*
< 5th 17/42 (40.5) 8.5 (2.1, 34.5) 5.3 (1.2, 23.5) 24/56 (42.9) 5.8 (1.5, 22.7) 4.6 (1.1, 19.9)
5th - 9th 3/10 (30.0) 6.3 (1.2, 32.8) 7.2 (1.4, 36.3) 2/22 (9.1) 1.2 (0.2, 8.0) 1.3 (0.2, 8.8)
10th – 24th 4/35 (11.4) 2.4 (0.5, 12.3) 2.3 (0.5, 11.4) 0/28 (0) n/a n/a
25th - 49th 2/30 (6.7) 1.4 (0.2, 9.4) 1.4 (0.2, 9.5) 1/31 (3.2) 0.4 (0, 4.5) 0.5 (0, 4.7)
50th-95th 2/40 (4.8) Referent Referent 2/27 (7.4) Referent Referent
≥ 95th 1/7 (14.3) 3.0 (0.3, 28.8) 3.1 (0.3, 28.7) 0/2 (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)