Technical feasibility of using auditory phase-targeted stimulation after pediatric severe traumatic brain injury in an intensive care setting

Table 1 Patient characteristics

	Age at injury (years)	Sex	TBI cause	Cerebral diagnosis	Secondary diagnoses	Medication for analgosedation	Sedation Agitation Scale (SAS)¹	Start of recording after TBI	Length of recorded EEG data
Patient 1	4.3	male	fall	severe traumatic brain injury pneumocephalus bone fracture occipital	pneumonia	Dormicum Morphin Fentanyl Clonidin Rucoronium Propofol	very sedated (2) – agitated (5)	2 days	23.1 h
Patient 2	14	male	fall	severe traumatic brain injury shearing injuries	thoracical contusion bilateral lung contusion soft tissue emphysema laceration of the spleen, kidneys multiple fractures of different vertebras, instable pelvic fracture	Dormicum Fentanyl Rocuronium Propofol	unarousable (1) – sedated (3)	7.5 h	88 h
Patient 3	15.4	male	traffic accident	severe traumatic brain injury intraparenchymatoes bleeding shearing injuries orbit subarachnoidal hemorrhage multiple bone fractures frontotemporal	pneumonia	Dormicum Fentanyl Rocuronium Propofol Ketalar	very sedated (2)	4.5 days	66.4 h
Patient 4	14.5	female	ski accident	severe traumatic brain injury shearing injuries subdural hemorrhage		Dormicum Fentanyl Rocuronium Propofol Chloralhydrat	unarousable (1) – sedated (3)	2.5 days	77.7 h
Notes EEG = electroencephalography, TBI = traumatic brain injury ¹ SAS score range during recording period (25).

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