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Table 1 Patients characteristics at PEEP of 3 cmH2O between responder group and non-responder group

From: Intracranial-to-central venous pressure gap predicts the responsiveness of intracranial pressure to PEEP in patients with traumatic brain injury: a prospective cohort study

 

Responder group (n = 49)

Non-Responder group (n = 63)

p

Male, n (%)

31 (41.89)

43 (58.11)

0.688

Age, years, mean (SD)

46.96 (11.88)

49.02 (10.49)

0.334

Causes of brain injury, n (%)

 Cerebral contusion

28 (57.1)

38 (60.3)

0.735

 Parenchymal hematoma

14 (28.6)

17 (27.0)

0.852

 Subdural hematoma

7 (14.3)

8 (12.7)

0.807

GCS, mean (SD)

5.43 (1.61)

5.16 (1.35)

0.336

Hemodynamics variables

 CVP, mmHg, mean (SD)

8.18 (2.66)

6.54 (2.59)

0.001

 MAP, mmHg, mean (SD)

78.00 (5.55)

79.60 (4.57)

0.097

 ICP, mmHg, mean (SD)

9.82 (2.97)

13.10 (2.74)

< 0.001

 CPP, mmHg, mean (SD)

66.67 (4.58)

66.51 (4.03)

0.840

 HR, bpm, mean (SD)

74.97 (13.36)

78.88 (14.47)

0.104

PICGap, mmHg

1.63 (1.33)

6.55 (2.46)

< 0.001

PetCO2, mmHg

33.00 (3.13)

33.05 (3.06)

0.931

CrsI, ml/kg/cmH2O

1.30 (0.06)

1.31 (0.06)

0.865

  1. Abbreviations: GCS Glasgow coma score; CVP Central venous pressure; MAP Mean arterial pressure; HR Heart rate; ICP Intracranial pressure; CPP Cerebral perfusion pressure; PetCO2 End-tidal carbon dioxide pressure; CstI The static compliance of respiratory system (Cst) indexed to the predicted body weight of the patients