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Table 3 Management plans and ICU admissions

From: War-related traumatic brain injuries during the Syrian armed conflict in Damascus 2014–2017: a cohort study and a literature review

Management

Category

Number

Percentage

Management

Conservative Medical Care

139

71.3

Delayed Surgery

27

13.8

Immediate Surgery

29

14.9

Surgical Procedure

Foreign Body Removal

21

10.8

Repair of meninges

20

10.3

Hemorrhage drainage

6

3.1

Abscess Drainage

1

0.5

Shunt Insertion

1

0.5

Other

7

3.6

Length of stay

 

5b

3-10c

ICU admission

 

68

34.9

Length of stay in ICU (n = 68)a

 

4.5b

2-10c

ICU Discharge (= 68)a

Death

52

76.5

 

To the neurosurgery ward

16

23.5

  1. aAfter exclusion of patients who were not admitted to the ICU
  2. bMedian
  3. cInterquartile range