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Table 1 General characteristics of the study population

From: Transcranial Doppler as a screening test to exclude intracranial hypertension in brain-injured patients: the IMPRESSIT-2 prospective multicenter international study

Type of brain injury

N° patients (%)

Score

Median (IQR)

Type of device for ICP measurement N° (%)

TBI

135 (53.3)

GCS

6 (4–7)

EVD

12 (8.9)

MARSHALL

3 (2–4)

IP

113 (84)

  

SD

10 (7.4)

ICH

36 (14.2)

GCS

7 (4–8)

EVD

26 (72)

IP

10 (2.7)

SD

0 (0)

SAH

75 (29.6)

WFNS

4 (2–5)

EVD

64 (85)

FISHER

4 (3–4)

IP

11 (13)

  

SD

0 (0)

IS

7 (2.8)

NHSS

21 (20–23)

EVD

3 (42.8)

IP

1 (14)

SD

3 (42.8)

  1. Bold abbreviations in the first column indicate type of brain injury. TBI, traumatic brain injury; SAH, subarachnoid hemorrhage; ICH, intracerebral hemorrhage; IS, ischemic stroke; GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; WFNS, World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies; NHSS, National Health Stroke Scale. Bold abbreviations in the last column indicate the type of invasive intracranial pressure monitoring device. EVD, external ventricular drain; IP, intraparenchymal; SD, subdural. Italic values indicate number, and percentage, of devices inserted
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