|
Factor
|
Relatively aggressive centers (n = 32)
|
Relatively conservative centers (n = 34)
|
p Value
|
|---|
|
ICU organization
| | |
0.05
|
|
Closed
|
17 (40%)
|
26 (60%)
| |
|
Open/mixed
|
15 (65%)
|
8 (35%)
| |
|
Dedicated neurosciences ICU
| | |
0.96
|
|
Available
|
19 (49%)
|
20 (51%)
| |
|
Not available
|
13 (48%)
|
14 (52%)
| |
|
BTF guidelines useda
| | |
0.48
|
|
Yes
|
25 (51%)
|
24 (49%)
| |
|
No
|
7 (41%)
|
10 (59%)
| |
|
Volumeb
| | |
0.82
|
|
High volume
|
17 (47%)
|
19 (53%)
| |
|
Low volume
|
15 (50%)
|
15 (50%)
| |
|
Country’s income levelc
| | |
0.83
|
|
High income
|
27 (49%)
|
28 (51%)
| |
|
Relatively low income
|
5 (46%)
|
6 (54%)
| |
|
Geographic locationd
| | |
0.84
|
|
Northern Europe
|
4 (44%)
|
5 (56%)
| |
|
Western Europe
|
13 (52%)
|
15 (48%)
| |
|
United Kingdom
|
3 (43%)
|
4 (57%)
| |
|
Southern Europe
|
5 (42%)
|
7 (58%)
| |
|
Baltic states
|
2 (40%)
|
3 (60%)
| |
|
Eastern Europe
|
3 (50%)
|
3 (50%)
| |
|
Israel
|
2 (100%)
|
0 (0%)
| |
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BTF Brain Trauma Foundation, ICU Intensive care unit
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a BTF guidelines or institutional guidelines that were broadly based on the BTF guidelines
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b Relatively high volume (number of patients with severe TBI admitted to the ICU higher than the median number of patients with severe TBI admitted to the ICU [n = 92]) vs. relatively low volume (number of patients with severe TBI admitted to the ICU lower than or equal to the median number of patients with severe TBI admitted to the ICU)
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c The division into relatively high- and low-income countries was based on a 2007 report by the European Union [21]. High income = Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, and Switzerland; relatively low income = Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, and Serbia
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d Northern Europe = Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark; Western Europe = Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, and The Netherlands; Southern Europe = Italy and Spain; Eastern Europe = Hungary, Romania, Serbia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina; Baltic states = Latvia and Lithuania
