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Table 3 AIS and clinical characteristics

From: Lessons from a large trauma center: impact of blunt chest trauma in polytrauma patients—still a relevant problem?

AISthorax

AIS 2

AIS 3

AIS 4

AIS 5

p-value

N (%)

17 (15.5)

71 (64.5)

21 (19.1)

1 (0.9)

 

Hospitalization days

(median, range)

12 (6–33)

11 (2–55)

11 (4–36)

1

p 0.593

ICU patients n (%)

8 (10.5)

49 (64.5)

18 (85.7)

1 (100)

p < 0.001

ICU stay (days)

(median, range)

3 (1–20)

3 (1–55)

3.5 (1–24)

1

p 0.34

Intubation days

(median, range)

5 (1–6)

5 (1–55)

6 (1–18)

1

p 0.62

Chest tube n (%)

3 (17.6)

37 (52.1)

19 (90.5)

1 (100)

p < 0.001

Days chest tube

(median, range)

3 (2–4)

7 (2–16)

9 (2–18)

1

p 0.125

Thoracic Surgery

0

6

5

0

 

Pneumonia n

2

11

1

0

 

Sepsis n

0

3

1

0

 

Multi Organ failure

0

4

1

0

 

Death n

0

5

0

1

 
  1. Significant p values are listed in bold