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Table 3 Deviations related to total number of measurements (%) in the physiological variables

From: Moderate traumatic brain injury, acute phase course and deviations in physiological variables: an observational study

Variable (deviation limit)

ICU ≥3 days

% (deviations/

measurements)

ICU 0–2 days

% (deviations/

measurements)

Hypotension (BP < 90 mmHg systolic)

5 % (162/3216)

5 % (59/1131)

Hypoxia (PO2 < 11 kPa//SAT < 92 %)

4 % (127/3101)

2.5 % (27/1063)

Hyperthermia (Body tp ≥ 38° Celsius)

18 % (198/1070)

13 % (31/236)

Anaemia (Hgb ≤ 10 g/dl)

33 % (327/984)

17 % (42/250)

Hyponatremia (Na ≤ 135 mmol/l)

5 % (47/972)

5 % (13/246)

Hyperglycaemia (Gluc ≥ 8 mmol/l)

19 % (183/969)

18 % (39/216)

  1. BP blood pressure, PO2 oxygen partial pressure, SAT oxygen saturation, Body tp body temperature, Hgb blood haemoglobin, Na serum sodium, Gluc blood glucose