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Table 5 Outcome

From: Damage to the eye and optic nerve in seriously traumatized patients with concomitant head injury: analysis of 84,627 cases from the TraumaRegister DGU® between 2002 and 2015

 

control group

VSI group

GOS_1a_death > 48 h (%)

10.1 (CI 9.9–10.4)

4.7 (CI 3.8–5.9)

GOS_2_persistent vegetative state (%)

3.3 (CI 3.1–3.4)

3.0 (CI 2.3–3.9)

GOS_3_severe disability (%)

13.1 (CI 12.8–13.3)

16.1 (CI 14.3–18.1)

GOS_4_moderate disability (%)

26.2 (CI 25.8–26.5)

29.0 (CI 26.7–31.6)

GOS_5_good recovery (%)

47.4 (CI 46.9–47.8)

47.1 (CI 43.9–50.3)

discharge_home (%)

42.2 (CI 41.8–42.6)

43.8 (CI 40.8–46.9)

discharge_rehabilitation (%)

30.8 (CI 30.4–31.2)

32.9 (CI 30.4–35.5)

discharge_hospital (%)

13.7 (CI 13.4–13.9)

15.2 (CI 13.5–17.1)

discharge_death or other (%)

13.3 (CI 13.1–13.6)

8.1 (CI 6.9–9.5)

  1. Description of functional outcome for head trauma patients ± prechiasmatic visual system injury (VSI) by means of Glasgow Outcome Scale Score (GOS) and need for further medical attention following primary care discharge. a Individuals dying later than 48 h following hospital admission. Patients perishing within 48 h after admission were excluded from the analysis according to the study exclusion criteria