Table 2. Precipitating Cause of Brain Injury.
| All Children |
Previously Healthy |
Chronically- Ill |
Admission Brain Injury | Acquired Brain Injury | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| |||||||||
| Admission Brain Injury |
Previously Healthy |
Chronically- Ill |
Acquired Brain Injury |
Previously Healthy |
Chronically- Ill |
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| n=51 | n=28 | n=23 | n=40 | n=25 | n=15 | n=11 | n=3 | n=8 | |
| Cardiac Arrest/Respiratory Arrest | 22 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Traumatic Brain Injury | 16 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CNS Infection | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Spontaneous Intracranial Hemorrhage* | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| ECMO with Intracranial Hemorrhage | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Demyelinating Brain Injury | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
*
Spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage excludes intracranial hemorrhages acquired while on ECMO