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Prognostic variables of patient population |
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| Variable |
Thiopental (n = 22) |
Pentobarbital (n = 22) |
P |
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| Admission GCS score |
6.5 (3.0 to 7.2) |
7 (4.7 to 10.0) |
0.38 |
| Out-of-hospital hypoxia (n) |
5 |
7 |
0.63 |
| Out-of-hospital hypotension (n) |
5 |
4 |
1 |
| Pupillary reactivity (n)a |
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| One reacting |
3 |
5 |
0.66 |
| Both reactingb |
12 |
14 |
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| Pre-enrolment CT (n) |
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| Diffuse injury without brain swelling |
8 |
5 |
0.04 |
| Diffuse bilateral brain swelling |
1 |
8 |
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| Diffuse injury unilateral brain swelling with midline shift |
5 |
1 |
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| Any mass lesion evacuated |
7 |
5 |
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| Nonevacuated mass lesion |
1 |
3 |
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Admission GCS is expressed as median (interquartile range). aPupillary reactivity at hospital admission. bMiotic pupils were considered as reactive. CT, computed tomography; GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale. | |||
Pérez-Bárcena et al. Critical Care 2008 12:R112 doi:10.1186/cc6999 |
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