Table 2 Socio-demographic and medical data of brain-injured ICU patients at each data set

Age (years)

 Median

58

53

 Interquartile range (IQR)

39.5–75

37–67

Sex: n (%)

 Male

154 (68%)

57 (66%)

 Female

72 (32%)

30 (34%)

Diagnosis: n (%)

 Traumatic brain injury (TBI)

134 (59%)

48 (55%)

 Neuro-medical^a

92 (41%)

39 (45%)

Location of brain injury in 

n = 93

n = 34

TBI Patients: n

 Frontal

78

33

 Parietal

40

11

 Temporal

46

15

 Occipital

19

10

 Missing

41

14

Mechanically ventilated: n (%)

101 (45%)

46 (53%)

APACHE^a score

 Median

16

18

 Range

0–35

6–35

Level of Consciousness: n (%)

 Unconscious (GCS^b 4–8)

36 (16%)

14 (16%)

 Altered (GCS 9–12)

63 (28%)

27 (31%)

 Conscious (GCS 13–15)

127 (56%)

46 (53%)

RASS^c

 Median

 − 1

 − 1

 Range

 − 4 to + 3

 − 4 to + 3

 Missing data n (%)

24

–

 Awake (RASS = 0)

73 (32%)

20 (23%)

 Sedated (RASS =  − 1 to − 4)

104 (46%)

52 (60%)

 Agitated (RASS =  + 1 to + 3)

25 (11%)

15 (17%)

CAM-ICU^d: n (%)

 Negative

74 (33%)

18 (21%)

 Positive

20 (9%)

10 (11%)

 Not Measurable

132 (58%)

59 (68%)