Table 1 Patient characteristics and outcomes.

From: Hypertonic lactate for the treatment of intracranial hypertension in patients with acute brain injury

Variable

Value

Patient number, n

17

Age, years

35 ± 16

Female gender, n (%)

5 (29)

Diagnosis

Traumatic brain injury, n

13

Aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage, n

3

Haemorrhagic stroke, n

1

Glasgow Coma Score on site

4 [3–7]

Six-months Glasgow Outcome Scorea

1—death, n

5

2—minimally conscious, n

0

3—severe disability, n

4

4—moderate disability, n

5

5—full recovery, n

2

  1. aOne patient was lost to six-month follow-up. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation or median and interquartile range [25th–75th percentiles], unless otherwise stated.
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