GCS < 9 | GCS 9–12 | GCS 13–14 | GCS 15 | |
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Data available for 82 of 84 patients | 30 of 82 (37%) | 29 of 82 (35%) | 16 of 82 (20%) | 7 of 82 (9%) |
1. CNS complications | 17 of 30 (57%) | 9 of 29 (31%) | 7 of 16 (44%) | 2 of 7 (29%) |
Brain herniation | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Brain infarct | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Brain haemorrhage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Intractable seizures | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Global brain injury /unresponsive | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
CNS complications not further specified | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2. Systemic complications | 6 of 30 (20%) | 15 of 29 (52%) | 8 of 16 (50%) | 4 of 7 (57%) |
Circulatory failure /septic shock | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
Respiratory failure | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
Other organ failure | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Systemic complications not futher specified | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
3. Combined CNS and systemic causes | 2 of 30 (7%) | 0 of 39 (0%) | 1 of 16 (6%) | 0 of 7 (0%) |
4. Sudden unexpected death | 3 of 30 (10%) | 2 of 29 (7%) | 0 of 16 (0%) | 0 of 7 (0%) |
5. Withdrawel of care | 2 of 30 (7%) | 1 of 29 (7%) | 0 of 16 (0%) | 1 of 7 (14%) |
6. Unable to determine cause of death | 0 of 30 (0%) | 2 of 29 (7%) | 0 of 16 (0%) | 0 of 7 (0%) |