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Table 1 Patient characteristics, n = 175

From: Brain computer tomography in critically ill patients - a prospective cohort study

Treatment group

n (%)

  Surgical

103 (58)

  Medical

72 (42)

Age

Mean (Sd)

  All patients

57.3 (15.5)

  Surgical patients

53.1 (15.9)

  Medical patients

63.2 (12.9)

Gender

n (%)

  Male

111 (63)

Reason for admission ICU

n (%)

  SAH

30 (17)

  Intracerebral hematoma

20 (11)

  TBI

44 (25)

  Cerebral infarction

4 (2)

  Post CPR

14 (8)

  Sepsis / pneumonia

17 (10)

  Cardiopulmonary surgery

13 (7)

  Other

33 (19)

Apache II score

Mean (Sd)

  All patients

23.6 (8.2)

  Surgical patients

23.6 (7.7)

  Medical patients

27.5 (8.9)

  1. Abbreviations: Sd, standard deviation, ICU, intensive care unit, SAH, subarachnoid haemorrhage, TBI, traumatic brain injury, CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation.