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Table 1 Patient Demographics

From: Head CT is of limited diagnostic value in critically ill patients who remain unresponsive after discontinuation of sedation

 

Patients who required head CT (n = 42)

n (%)

Patients who did not require head CT (n = 102)

n (%)

Age

62.6 ± 13.0 years

60.9 ± 10.4 years

Gender

  

Male

24 (57)

53 (52)

Female

18 (43)

49 (48)

Race

  

Caucasian

19 (46)

49 (48)

African-American

8 (19)

24 (23)

Hispanic

8 (19)

16 (16)

Asian

7 (16)

13 (13)

Etiology of respiratory failure

  

Pneumonia

25 (60)

51 (50)

Extrapulmonary sepsis

7 (16)

22 (21)

Heart failure

5 (12)

8 (8)

Post-procedure

2 (5)

6 (6)

Variceal bleeding

2 (5)

5 (5)

Connective tissue disease

1 (2)

5 (5)

Neuromuscular disease

0 (0)

4 (4)