Effects of tight computerized glucose control on neurological outcome in severely brain injured patients: a multicenter sub-group analysis of the randomized-controlled open-label CGAO-REA study

Table 4 Neuro-surgical events in the ICU in severely brain-injured patients

	Control group	IIT group	P value
	Number = 98	Number = 90	P value
Patients presenting at least one episode of ICP ≥25 mmHg during ICP monitoring	17 (17.3)	23 (25.5)	0.20
Administration of mannitol during ICU	19 (19.4)	28 (31.1)	0.06^*
Barbiturates use during ICU	9 (9.2)	14 (15.6)	0.20

Specific neuro-surgical events in the ICU in a sub-group analysis of severely brain-injured patients in two university hospitals of the CGAO-REA study. Categorical data are expressed as number (%) and analyzed with χ² test. ICP: intra-cerebral pressure; IIT: intensive insulin therapy.

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