Table 1 Demographics and outcome for unstable patients undergoing laparotomy in period 1 and 2
From: Effects of moving emergency trauma laparotomies from the ED to a dedicated OR
Period 1 | Period 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
n = 103 | n = 64 | p | |
Age | |||
mean (SD) | 39.4 (20.0) | 37.9 (16.7) | 0.612 |
Male (%) | 74 (72) | 48 (75) | 0.722 |
Blunt (%) | 88 (85) | 52 (81) | 0.520 |
GCS score | |||
median (interquartile range) | 6.0 (10.0) | 12.0 (8.0) | 0.003 |
Admission BP | |||
mean (SD) | 80 (34) | 76 (31) | 0.473 |
Admission BE | |||
mean (SD) | −11 (7) | −11 (7) | 0.609 |
ISS | |||
mean (SD) | 43 (16) | 36 (17) | 0.011 |
Deaths (%) | 59 (57) | 25 (39) | 0.026 |
W NTDB 05 (95% CI) | 1.97 (−4.37 to 8.30) | 0.22 (−8.42 to 8.86) | |
Laparotomy in ED (%) | 66 (64) | 14 (22) | <0.001 |
Non-therapeutic laparotomies overall (%) | 28 (27) | 13 (20) | 0.359 |
In ED (%) | 19 (18) | 6 (9) | 0.124 |
In OR (%) | 9 (9) | 7 (11) | 0.788 |
Time to emergency laparotomy (minutes) | |||
median (interquartile range) | 24.0 (32.0) | 34.0 (27.8) | 0.029 |