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Table 1 Demographic and clinical information of the three subject groups

From: Low b-value diffusion weighted imaging is promising in the diagnosis of brain death and hypoxic-ischemic injury secondary to cardiopulmonary arrest

Subject demographics

Brain death

HIE

Normal

n

9

36

19

Age, years

27–68 (44 ± 15.9)

22–64 (44 ± 16.5)

21–64 (45 ± 15.1)

Sex, female (F), male (M)

3 F, 6 M

15 F, 21 M

10 F, 9 M

Cardiorespiratory arrest (n)

9/9

36/36

0/19

Time to ROSC

3.5–40 min (29.2 ± 13.2)

3–60 min 16.4 ± 15.0)

N/A

Time from ROSC to MRI

0.1–6 days (2.2 ± 1.8)

0.2–16 days (3.8 ± 3.0)

N/A

Blood pressure closest to scan time

 Systolic

81–184 (118.9 ± 33.1)

91–164 (127.5 ± 21.1)

110–144 (127.8 ± 11.5)

 Diastolic

52–141 (77.5 ± 28.1)

53–109 (73.6 ± 15.8)

43–91 (75.5 ± 14.1)

Survival (n)

0/9

7/36

N/A

b50 ADC – gray matter (in ADC × 10−3 mm2/s)

0.70 ± 0.18

1.95 ± 0.25

1.79 ± 0.12

b50 ADC – white matter (in ADC × 10−3 mm2/s)

0.50 ± 0.17

1.44 ± 0.24

1.26 ± 0.14

  1. Values are shown as range (mean ± standard deviation) or mean ± standard deviation unless otherwise indicated
  2. ADC apparent diffusion coefficient, HIE hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, N/A not applicable, ROSC return of spontaneous circulation