Characteristic | Neuroscience ICU (n=341) | Trauma ICU (n=207) | P value |
Progression from initial CT | 20% | 28% | 0.063 |
Witnessed seizure | 3% | 1% | 0.268 |
Craniotomy/craniectomy | 19% | 9% | 0.002 |
ICP monitor/EVD placement | 17% | 28% | 0.003 |
VTE event | 3% | 5% | 0.159 |
Sepsis/septic shock | 1% | 3% | 0.073 |
Pneumonia | 11% | 18% | 0.034 |
UTI | 7% | 8% | 0.762 |
Tracheostomy | 11% | 19% | 0.008 |
PEG/surgical feeding tube | 15% | 20% | 0.141 |
If alive, discharged to home | 62% | 52% | 0.033 |
If alive, discharged to home or rehab | 74% | 70% | 0.361 |
Discharge GCS | 15 (13, 15) | 15 (6, 15) | 0.109 |
Discharge GOSE | 4 (3, 5) | 4 (2, 5) | 0.365 |
Brain death | 11% | 20% | 0.007 |
Death | 12% | 23% | 0.001 |
EVD, external ventricular drain; GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; GOSE, Extended Glasgow Outcome Scale; ICP, intracranial pressure; ICU, intensive care unit; PEG, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; UTI, urinary tract infection; VTE, venous thromboembolic event.