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Table 2 Comparison of acute mild TBI with tICH patients who needed delayed neuro-surgical and non-surgical intervention on admission

From: Risk factors for delayed neuro-surgical intervention in patients with acute mild traumatic brain injury and intracranial hemorrhage

 

Delayed neuro-surgical intervention

Non-neurosurgical intervention

p value

OR

95 % CI

n = 13

n = 327

Median age, years, (IQR)

43(25, 49)

50(32, 61)

0.082

  

Male/female (%)

9 (69 %)/4 (31 %)

194 (59 %)/133 (41 %)

0.573

0.648

0.196–2.149

GCS at presentation, Median (IQR)

15(14, 15)

15(15, 15)

0.189

  

 13 (%)

2 (15.4 %)

16 (4.9 %)

   

 14 (%)

3 (23.1 %)

63 (19.3 %)

   

 15 (%)

8 (61.5 %)

248 (75.8 %)

   

Anti-platelet and/or warfarin therapy

1 (7.7 %)

12 (3.7 %)

0.403

2.188

0.263–18.222

Statin therapy

0

6 (1.8 %)

1.000

  

Hypotension

0

4 (1.2 %)

1.000

  

Blood test

     

 WBC count (1000/mL), Median (IQR)

15.00 (12.4, 17.05)

11.7 (8.80, 17.05)

0.023

  

 RBC count (1000/mL), Median (IQR)

4.74 (4.075, 5.945)

4.59 (4.26, 4.98)

0.401

  

 Hemoglobin, Median (IQR)

14.10 (12.85, 14.90)

13.60 (12.30, 15.00)

0.606

  

 Coagulopathy

0

10 (3.1 %)

1.000

  

Underlying diseases

     

 Hypertension (%)

2 (15.4 %)

89 (27.2 %)

0.526

0.484

0.105–2.228

 Diabetes mellitus (%)

2 (15.4 %)

49 (15.0 %)

1.000

1.028

0.221–4.780

 Old cerebral vascular accident

0

9 (2.8 %)

1.000

  

 Coronary artery diseases

0

8 (2.4 %)

1.000

  

 Arrhythmia

0

6 (1.8 %)

1.000

  

 Liver cirrhosis

0

5 (1.5 %)

1.000

  

 Chronic renal disease

0

7 (2.1 %)

1.000

  

 Renal failure

0

5 (1.5 %)

1.000

  

ISS score, Median (IQR)

16 (15, 17.5)

10 (9, 16)

0.005

  

Single intracranial hemorrhage (%)

6 (46.2 %)

216 (66.1 %)

0.149

  

Multiple intracranial hemorrhage (%)

7 (53.8 %)

111 (33.9 %)

0.149

  

Type of intracranial hemorrhage

     

 EDH (%)

6 (46.2 %)

26 (8.0 %)

≤0.001

9.923

3.105–31.708

 SDH (%)

6 (46.2 %)

159 (48.6 %)

1.000

0.906

0.298–2.753

 IPH (%)

6 (46.2 %)

105 (32.1 %)

0.366

1.812

0.594–5.526

 SAH (%)

3 (23.1 %)

178 (54.4 %)

0.044

0.251

0.068–929

 IVH (%)

1 (33.4 %)

2 (0.6 %)

0.111

13.542

1.147–159.876

 Midline shift (%)

5 (33.4 %)

10 (3.1 %)

≤0.001

19.813

5.495–71.435

 Skull fracture (%)

11 (14.3 %)

66 (20.2 %)

≤0.001

21.750

4.707–100.510

 Pneumocranium (%)

0

32 (9.8 %)

0.621

  

Volume of hemorrhage in initial brain CT

     

Volume of EDH, Median (IQR)

30.98 (9.68, 46.86)

2.20 (0.67, 6.71)

≤0.001

  

Volume of SDH, Median (IQR)

4.56 (1.13, 17.83)

1.32 (0.15, 5.38)

0.092

  

Volume of IPH, Median (IQR)

2.33 (0.11, 7.3)

0.59 (0.11, 2.53)

0.657

  
  1. Abbreviations: TBI traumatic brain injury; tICH traumatic intracranial hemorrhage; N number of cases; IQR inter-quartile range; OR odds ratio; CI confidence interval; EDH epidural hemorrhage; SDH subdural hemorrhage; IPH intraparenchymal hemorrhage; SAH sub-arachnoid hemorrhage; IVH intraventricular hemorrhage; GCS Glasgow Outcome Scale