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Table 2 Outcomes data

From: Impact of a posttraumatic cerebral infarction on outcome in patients with TBI: the Italian multicenter cohort INCEPT study

Variables

PTCI (n = 47; 32.9%)

Non-PTCI (n = 96; 67.1%)

p value

Days of mechanical ventilation, mean (SD)

16.0 (9.3)

14.3 (10.4)

0.339

ICU-LOS, mean (SD)

21.8 (14.5)

19.9 (11.7)

0.042

H-LOS, mean (SD)

43.1 (46.2)

45.7 (40.6)

0.735

Primary outcome, 6-month GOS, no. (%)

 Good recovery—5

6 (13.0%)

36 (37.9%)

< 0.0001

 Moderate disability—4

9 (19.6%)

32 (33.7%)

 Severe disability—3

15 (32.6%)

16 (16.8%)

 Vegetative state—2

3 (6.5%)

4 (4.2%)

 Death—1

13 (28.3%)

7 (7.4%)

Secondary outcomes

 ICU mortality, no. (%)

10 (21.3%)

1 (1.0%)

< 0.0001

 H mortality, no. (%)

12 (25.5%)

5 (5.2%)

0.980

 6-month mortality, no. (%)

13 (27.7%)

7 (7.3%)

< 0.0001

  1. Abbreviation: ICU-LOS intensive care unit length of stay, H-LOS hospital length of stay, PTCI posttraumatic cerebral infarction, GOS Glasgow Outcome Scale