Table 1 Basic clinical data and course in study infants
Patient | Age (years) | Sex | Type of trauma | Glasgow Coma Scale on admission | Peak ICP (mmHg) | Initial cranial CT | Extent of craniectomy | Timepoint of craniectomy (days post-trauma) | Extubation (days post-trauma) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5 | Female | Fall (3 m) | 4 | 43 | Bilateral skull fracture, infratentorial tSAH, DBS | Bilateral | 1 and 2 | 7 |
2 | 5 | Female | Fall (5 m) | 5 | 30 | Right-sided frontal brain contusion and tSAH, secondary DBS | Bilateral | 3 and 5 | 8 |
3 | 11 | Female | Child abuse | 3 | 30 | Right-sided acute subdural hematoma, extensive DBS | Right | 1 | 6 |
4 | 6 | Male | Car accident | 4 | 70 | Unilateral skull fracture; brain contusion in frontal lobe, basal ganglia and corpus callosum (DAI) | Bilateral | 6 | 11 |
5 | 11 | Male | Car accident | 3 | 41 | Left-sided calvarial and skull base fracture, tSAH, DBS | Left | 2 | 9 |
6 | 9 | Female | Kick by a horse | 7 | 20 | Left-sided temporal brain contusions, traumatic ventricular bleeding, infratentorial tSAH | Suboccipital | 2 | 7 |