Routine Follow-Up Cranial Computed Tomography for Deeply Sedated, Intubated, and Ventilated Multiple Trauma Patients with Suspected Severe Head Injury

Table 1

Pathologic findings in groups I and II. New and progressive findings in group II.

	Group I (cCT 1); (𝑛=69)	Group II (cCT 1); (𝑛=81)	Group II (cCT 2); progressive findings; (% of cCT 1 specific findings)	Group II (cCT 2); new findings; (% of group II)
Contusion^†	𝑛=18 (26%)	𝑛=47 (58%)**	𝑛=14 (30%)	𝑛=15 (19%)
SAH^†	𝑛=15 (22%)	𝑛=40 (50%)**	𝑛=26 (65%)	𝑛=8 (10%)
SDH	𝑛=8 (12%)	𝑛=10 (12%)	𝑛=5 (50%)	𝑛=3 (60%)
EDH	𝑛=6 (9%)	𝑛=8 (10%)	𝑛=3 (37%)	𝑛=2 (66%)
Ventricular bleeding	𝑛=2 (3%)	𝑛=1 (1%)	𝑛=0	𝑛=1 (1%)
Intracerebral bleeding	𝑛=0	𝑛=5 (6%)	𝑛=4 (80%)	𝑛=2 (2%)
Skull fracture	𝑛=12 (17%)	𝑛=26 (32%)	𝑛=0	𝑛=0
Brain edema^†	𝑛=4 (6%)	𝑛=17 (21%)*	𝑛=16 (94%)	𝑛=2 (2%)
Midline shift	𝑛=1 (1%)	𝑛=9 (11%)	𝑛=9 (100%)	𝑛=6 (7%)
Foreign body	𝑛=1 (1%)	𝑛=1 (1%)	𝑛=0	𝑛=0
ISS	22±10	28±12^∗
GCS	10 ± 4,5	8±4^∗

^∗𝑃<0.05; *𝑃<0.001; ^†Risk for significant worsening in cCT 2.
SAH: subarachnoid haemorrhage; SDH: subdural hematoma; EDH: epidural hematoma; ISS: injury severity score; GCS: Glasgow coma scale; cCT: cranial computed tomography.