Blood Pressure Variability and Outcome in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Propensity Score Matching Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Patients with tIPH (used here to refer to traumatic intraparenchymal hemorrhagic contusion) or intraparenchymal hemorrhage face high rates of mortality and persistent functional deficits. Prior studies have found an association between blood pressure variability (BPV) and neurologic outcomes in patients with spontaneous IPH. Our study investigated the association between BPV and discharge destination (a proxy for functional outcome) in patients with tIPH.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed the charts of patients admitted to a Level I trauma center for ≥ 24 hours with tIPH. We examined variability in hourly BP measurements over the first 24 hours of hospitalization. Our outcome of interest was discharge destination (home vs facility). We performed 1:1 propensity

SUBMITTER: Tran QK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9541979 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature