Table 1.
Clinical background in the 12 neuro‐ICU patients included in this study
| Patient ID, gender, age | Admission diagnosis | Days in ICU/in hospital | Severity score | Days on MV | Sepsis in ICU | Corticosteroid treatment (home/ICU) | Relevant comorbidities | ICU prognosis | Intra‐hospital death | Discharged from hospital (AH/home) | 30 day survival | Still in ICU after 30 days | 365 day survival | Number of tissue collections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. (623), M, 51 | TBI | 17/17 |
SAPS 3: 68 SOFA max: 9 |
10 | No | Yes/No | No | Discharged | No | Yes/AH | Alive | No | Alive | 6 |
| 2. (626), M, 72 | Acute SDH | 33/33 |
SAPS 3: 64 SOFA max: 10 |
19 | No | No/Yes | Diabetes | Discharged | No | Yes/AH | Alive | No | Deceased | 6 |
| 3. (628), F, 44 | SAH | 8/8 |
SAPS 3: 75 SOFA max: 10 |
8 | No | No/Yes | No | Deceased | Yes | No | Deceased | No | Deceased | 2 |
| 4. (629), M, 59 | Unspecified intracranial injury | 20/32 |
SAPS 3: 77 SOFA max: 8 |
12 | No | No/No | No | Discharged | No | Yes/AH | Alive | No | Alive | 6 |
| 5. (632), F, 26 | Multitrauma | 20/30 |
SAPS 3: 68 SOFA max: 11 |
10 | No | No/No | No | Discharged | No | Yes/AH | Alive | No | Alive | 6 |
| 6. (639), F, 83 | SAH | 58/58 |
SAPS 3: 72 SOFA max: 9 |
37 | No | No/No | No | Discharged | Yes | Yes/AH | Alive | Yes | Deceased | 6 |
| 7. (640), F, 40 | SAH | 18/26 |
SAPS 3: 62 SOFA max: 12.8 |
4 | No | No/No | Endometriosis | Discharged | No | Yes/AH | Alive | No | Alive | 2 |
| 8. (662), M, 62 | AVM | 15/15 |
SAPS 3: 58 SOFA max: 8 |
14 | No | No/Yes | Diabetes, epilepsy | Deceased | Yes | No | Deceased | No | Deceased | 6 |
| 9. (646), M, 76 | TBI | 12/37 |
SAPS 3: 69 SOFA max: 10 |
12 | No | No/No | Hypertension | Discharged | No | Yes/AH | Alive | No | Alive | 6 |
| 10. (661), F, 64 | SAH | 16/16 |
SAPS 3: 59 SOFA max: 10 |
10 | No | No/No | Rheumatoid arthritis | Discharged | No | Yes/AH | Alive | No | Alive | 4 |
| 11. (X), F, 47 | C2 fracture, aneurysm | 6/6 |
SAPS 3: 73 SOFA max: 11 |
6 | No | No/No | Previous stroke | Deceased | Yes | No | Deceased | No | Deceased | 1 |
| 12. (657), M, 58 | SAH | 24/24 |
SAPS 3: 75 SOFA max: 15 |
12 | No | No/No | Prostate cancer | Discharged | No | Yes/AH | Alive | No | Alive | 5 |
Abbreviations: AH, another hospital; AVM, arteriovenous malformation; ICU, intensive care unit; MV, mechanical ventilation; SAH, subarachnoid haemorrhage; SAPS 3, Simplified Acute Physiology Score 3; SDH, subdural haematoma; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; TBI, traumatic brain injury.