From: Pulmonary infection in brain-injured patients
Number of patients
GCS at entry
SIRS
Sepsis
Septic shock
SIRS + cathecol
BAL+
29
7.8 ± 3.7
0%
44.8%
55.1%
BAL-
31
10.5 ± 3.8
48.4%
25.8%
P
< 0.05
< 0.01