Table 2 Clinical variables
ICU patients | Non-ICU patients | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 103 | %/CI | n = 139 | %/CI | p | |
Injury variables | |||||
Transport accident | 65 | 63.1 | 97 | 69.8 | 0.275 |
Fall accident | 22 | 21.4 | 27 | 19.4 | 0.711 |
Violence | 5 | 4.9 | 2 | 1.4 | a |
Sport/leisure time/accident/working/other | 11 | 10.7 | 13 | 9.4 | 0.733 |
Trauma mechanism | |||||
Blunt trauma | 100 | 97.1 | 137 | 98.6 | 0.426 |
Penetrating trauma | 3 | 2.9 | 2 | 1.4 | |
Most severe injury | |||||
Head, reference category | 38 | 36.9 | 63 | 45.3 | |
Thorax/abdomen | 27 | 26.2 | 19 | 13.7 | 0.017 |
Extremities | 16 | 15.5 | 26 | 18.7 | 0.958 |
Spine | 20 | 19.4 | 19 | 13.7 | 0.141 |
Face/external | 2 | 1.9 | 12 | 8.6 | a |
Injury severity | |||||
Minor or moderate (ISSb 1-8) | 4 | 3.9 | 83 | 60.1 | < 0.001 |
Serious (ISS 9-15) | 24 | 23.3 | 39 | 28.3 | |
Severe (ISS 16-24) | 31 | 30.1 | 13 | 9.4 | |
Critical (ISS > 24) | 44 | 42.7 | 3 | 2.2 | |
Serious head injury (AISc ≥ 3) | 40 | 38.8 | 11 | 7.9 | < 0.001 |
ASAd score 1 | 78 | 75.7 | 114 | 82.0 | 0.490 |
ASA score 2 | 20 | 19.4 | 20 | 14.4 | |
ASA score 3 | 5 | 4.9 | 3 | 3.6 | |
GCS at arrival, mean and CI | 12.4 | 11.7-13.2 | 14.7 | 14.4-14.9 | < 0.001 |
Length of treatment | |||||
Length of stay OUSf, days | 10.9 | 9.0-12.8 | 2.8 | 2.0-3.6 | < 0.001 |
Transferred to local hospitals | 67 | 65.0 | 29 | 20.9 | < 0.001 |
Discharged rehabilitation institution | 24 | 23.3 | 4 | 2.9 | |
Discharged home | 12 | 11.7 | 106 | 76.3 | |