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Specific severity indices in the trauma patients on enrollment, according to presence of brain injury |
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| Trauma (n = 66) |
AOX |
Placebo |
P value |
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| Number |
34 |
32 |
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| Injury Severity Score, all |
30.1 ± 9.8 |
28.3 ± 10.4 |
NS |
| Brain injury (n = 39; 20/19) |
31.0 ± 11.0 |
28.7 ± 11.9 |
NS |
| No brain injury (n = 27; 14/13) |
28.9 ± 7.9 |
27.6 ± 8.1 |
NS |
| Injury Severity Score brain, in brain-injured |
14.5 ± 4.9 |
10.8 ± 4.5 |
0. 019 |
| Glasgow Coma Scale score initial, all |
10.4 ± 4.9 |
11.8 ± 4.3 |
0.16 |
| Brain injury |
7.4 ± 4.3 |
9.7 ± 4.8 |
0.11 |
| No brain injury |
14.6 ± 0.6 |
14.8 ± 0.8 |
NS |
| SAPS II |
39.9 ± 17.0 |
31.1 ± 12.2 |
0.04 |
| SOFA score, neuro section |
1.62 ± 1.7 |
0.97 ± 1.2 |
0.085 |
| Brain injury |
2.5 ± 1.6 |
1.38 ± 1.2 |
0.012 |
| No brain injury |
0.2 ± 0.4 |
0.2 ± 0.6 |
NS |
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Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. P values refer to comparison between the antioxidant (AOX) and placebo groups. NS, not significant; SAPS, Simplified Acute Physiology Score; SOFA, sequential organ failure assessment. | |||
Berger et al. Critical Care 2008 12:R101 doi:10.1186/cc6981 |
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