Table 3

Mean ICP recorded per day during the first 3 days of barbiturate coma
Drug
 Day
 Mean ICP (n[%])




<20 mmHg
 20 to 30 mmHg
 >30 mmHg
Thiopental
 1
 10
 46
 11
 50
 1
 5

2
 15
 71
 4
 19
 2
 10

3
 12
 63
 6
 32
 1
 5
Pentobarbital
 1
 9
 41
 8
 36
 5
 23

2
 8
 38
 9
 43
 4
 19

3
 6
 43
 8
 57
 0
 0

Mean intracranial pressure (ICP) is the arithmetic mean of ICP data recorded during every 24-hour period, according to Stocchetti's criteria [13]. Data are presented as number of cases and as a percentage of the total number of cases each day.

Pérez-Bárcena et al. Critical Care 2008 12:R112   doi:10.1186/cc6999