Supplemental Table
Age at
Injury
(years)
Days from
Injury to
Admission
to Rehab
Initial
CNCS
Score
LOC at
Admission
Initial CALS
Responsiveness
Item Score
Days from
injury to
Emergence
to CS
Length of
Rehab
Admission
(days)
Pre-injury
Medical
History
ID
Sex
Associated Injuries
Major medical complications
1
M
17.9
23
MCS+
2.2
3
43
114
None
None
Tracheostomy, PEG
2
M
10.8
5
MCS+
1.4
4
21
40
Autism
None
3
F
14.6
36
MCS+
Not
obtained
4
53
153
None
4
M
19.8
24
MCS+
2.2
2
113
172
None
None
Facial/pelvic/vertebral
fractures, kidney laceration,
thoracic spine ligamentous
injury, ulnar fracture, knee soft
issue injury
Skull fracture, rib fractures,
pneumothoraces, lung
laceration and hemothorax,
pelvic fractures, medial
malleolus fracture.
5
M
4.4
44
MCS-
2
4
86
95
None
Skull fracture, bilateral
pulmonary contusions
Epilepsy, feeding intolerance,
hypothyroidism, PEG, autonomic
instability
6
F
16.9
22
MCS+
2.18
4
122
159
None
Pelvic/mandibular/foot
fractures
Tracheostomy, PEG, pneumonia,
autonomic storming, epilepsy
7
M
18.4
49
MCS+
1.45
4
86
131
Asthma,
ADD,
syncope
Pulmonary contusions,
femur/clavicle fractures,
vertebral artery dissection
Pneumonia, empyema, DVT,
tracheostomy, PEG, autonomic
storming, heterotopic ossification
8
F
14.8
16
MCS+
2.4
4
37
56
None
Kidney laceration
PEG, anemia, autonomic storming
PEG, tracheostomy, epilepsy
hypernatremia
Aspiration pneumonia,
tracheostomy, anemia,
hyperglycemia, heterotopic
ossification
Tracheostomy, PEG, central line
infection, wound infection,
autonomic storming, subacute VP
shunt
9
F
11.9
90
MCS+
1.2
4
118
102
None
Facial fractures, retinal
damage
10
M
19.9
19
MCS-
1.5
5
35
79
ADHD,
severe aortic
regurgitation
Pneumothorax, lung
contusions, transverse
process/tibia fractures
Anemia, tracheostomy, PEG
11
M
13.0
65
MCS-
2.18
2
Did not
emerge
226
None
None
Craniectomy, tracheostomy, PEG,
autonomic storming, epilepsy
119
None
Femur fracture
Craniectomy, tracheostomy, PEG,
decubitus ulcers, diabetes
insipidus, storming, epilepsy,
heterotopic ossification
12
M
7.5
29
MCS-
2.8
1
Did not
emerge
13
F
1.6
45
VS
3.27
Not obtained due
to age <2 years
old
Did not
emerge
23
None
Splenic laceration, soft tissue
wounds, shoulder dislocation,
tibial fractures
Craniectomy, PEG, DVT, VP
shunt, pneumonia, epilepsy
14
M
12.6
34
MCS-
2.8
1
Did not
emerge
133
Renal
anomalies,
recurrent UTI
Open depressed skull fracture,
hemorrhagic shock
Diabetes insipidus, anemia,
tracheostomy, PEG, multi−system
organ failure, autonomic storming,
central apnea
LOC = Level of Consciousness (VS=vegetative state, MCS=minimally conscious state, CS=conscious state), CNCS= Rappaport Coma Near Coma Scale, CALS=Cognitive and Linguistic Scale
ADD=Attention Deficit Disorder, ADHD=Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, UTI=Urinary Tract Infection
PEG=Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy, VP=ventriculoperitoneal, DVT=Deep Venous Thrombosis