A Prospective Randomized Study of Brain Tissue Oxygen Pressure-Guided Management in Moderate and Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Patients

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of TBI patients guided by ICP and PbtO₂ monitoring.

	ICP-guided	PbtO2-guided
Number	27	23
Age
40 y/o	8 (29.6)	6 (26.1)	0.781
40 y/o	19 (70.4)	17 (73.9)
Average age	53.3 ± 20.1	53.7 ± 19.4	0.938
Initial GCS
3–8	19 (70.4)	17 (73.9)	0.781
9–12	8 (29.6)	6 (26.1)
Average GCS	6.9 ± 2.6	7.1 ± 2.7	0.791
Recruiting year
2009	12 (44.4)	10 (43.5)	0.945
2010	15 (55.6)	13 (56.5)
BMI	22.7 ± 4.3	23.9 ± 4.7	0.441
Etiology
Traffic accident	15 (55.6)	13 (56.5)	0.945
Fall	12 (44.4)	10 (43.5)
Pathological diagnosis
SDH	20 (74.1)	14 (60.9)	0.318
EDH	2 (7.4)	5 (21.7)	0.145
SAH	11 (40.7)	10 (43.5)	0.845
ICH	11 (40.7)	9 (39.1)	0.908
IVH	2 (7.4)	1 (4.3)	0.650
Contusion	3 (11.1)	4 (17.4)	0.524
Skull fracture	3 (11.1)	5 (21.7)	0.307
Uncal herniation	1 (3.7)	0 (0.0)	0.351
Brain swelling	1 (3.7)	0 (0.0)	0.351
Operation
Craniotomy	25 (92.6)	21 (91.3)	0.867
Craniectomy	22 (88.0)	18 (90.0)	0.832