Outcome at six months by baseline characteristics
| Outcome at six months (n = 465) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vital status known (n) | Dead n (%) | Severely disabled n (%) | Moderately disabled n (%) | Good recovery n (%) | Alive, functional status not yet known* n (%) | |
| Figures are based on followup of the first 500 patients. *Includes 12 patients flagged for over 18 months on the UK National Health Service Central Register, during which time no death was notified to the CRASH Trial Co-ordinating Centre. We continue to seek the information for every patient for whom long term recovery is still not known. | ||||||
| Age at randomisation (y) | ||||||
| 16–24 | 107 | 7 (7) | 17 (16) | 26 (24) | 48 (45) | 9 (8) |
| 25–34 | 106 | 19 (18) | 13 (12) | 20 (19) | 45 (42) | 9 (8) |
| 35–54 | 134 | 24 (18) | 28 (21) | 36 (27) | 39 (29) | 7 (5) |
| 55+ | 118 | 47 (40) | 22 (19) | 19 (16) | 28 (24) | 2 (2) |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 356 | 70 (20) | 61 (17) | 82 (23) | 121 (34) | 22 (6) |
| Female | 109 | 27 (25) | 19 (17) | 19 (17) | 39 (36) | 5 (5) |
| Glasgow Coma Scale | ||||||
| Severe (GCS 3-8) | 155 | 69 (45) | 32 (21) | 31 (20) | 19 (12) | 4 (3) |
| Moderate (GCS 9-12) | 147 | 16 (11) | 20 (14) | 37 (25) | 63 (43) | 11 (7) |
| Mild (GCS 13-14) | 163 | 12 (7) | 28 (17) | 33 (20) | 78 (48) | 12 (7) |
| Time since injury | ||||||
| Less than or equal to 1h | 197 | 36 (18) | 27 (14) | 51 (26) | 74 (38) | 9 (5) |
| Over 1 h, less than or equal to 3 h | 166 | 32 (19) | 31 (19) | 30 (18) | 62 (37) | 11 (7) |
| Over 3 h, less than 8 h | 102 | 29 (28) | 22 (22) | 20 (20) | 24 (24) | 7 (7) |
| Localising signs | ||||||
| Non-reactive pupil(s) | 78 | 47 (60) | 12 (15) | 12 (15) | 5 (6) | 2 (3) |
| Pupils both reactive | 387 | 50 (13) | 68 (18) | 89 (23) | 155 (40) | 25 (6) |
| All patients | 465 | 97 (21) | 80 (17) | 101 (22) | 160 (34) | 27 (6) |