Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients who had elevated ICP events vs patients who had no elevated ICP events.

From: Features derived from blood pressure and intracranial pressure predict elevated intracranial pressure events in critically ill children

 

Patients (n = 24)

Patients with events (n = 9)

Patients with controls (n = 15)

Age (mean ± SD)

7 ± 5

6 ± 5

8 ± 5

Male (%)

12 (50%)

3 (33%)

9 (60%)

Diagnostic category

Traumatic brain injury

16 (67%)

6 (67%)

10 (67%)

Non-traumatic hemorrhage

4 (17%)

1 (11%)

3 (20%)

Obstructive mass

3 (13%)

1 (11%)

2 (13%)

Ischemic§

1 (4%)

1 (11%)

0

Intraparenchymal pressure monitor (%)*

16 (67%)

7 (78%)

9 (60%)

Craniectomy (%)

16 (67%)

5 (56%)

10 (67%)

  1. §Suffered a thrombotic stroke and cardiac arrest.
  2. *Remainder had externalized ventricular drains (EVD). One patient had data from both an EVD and intraparenchymal pressure monitor but not simultaneously.
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