Table 2.

PCCU interventions for the management of sTBI by mode of death.

PCCU intervention	Physiologic death (n = 31)	WLST (n = 24)	P-value
Placement of ICP monitoring device	5.00 (16.1)	7.00 (33.3)	0.188
Decompressive craniectomy	5.00 (16.1)	6.00 (28.6)	0.318
Treatment with 3% HS	11.0 (35.5)	11.0 (52.4)	0.226
Treatment with mannitol	16.0 (51.6)	17.0 (81.0)	0.031
Barbiturate infusion	5.00 (16.1)	5.00 (23.8)	0.500
Thiopental infusion	7.00 (22.6)	6.00 (28.6)	0.624
Therapeutic hypothermia	2.00 (6.50)	0 (0)	0.509
DDAVP +/- vasopressin	22.0 (71.0)	14.0 (66.7)	0.742
PRBC transfusion	25.0 (80.6)	19.0 (90.5)	0.449
Other blood product transfusion	23.0 (74.2)	11.0 (52.4)	0.105

Data are presented as n (%). ICP, intracranial pressure; PRBC, packed red blood cells. p values < 0.05 were bolded.