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Table 3 Differences between survivors and decedents

From: Mortality in severely injured elderly patients: a retrospective analysis of a German level 1 trauma center (2002–2011)

 

Decedents

Survivors

p value

GCS

4 (3 - 9)

12 (6 - 15)

< 0.001*

RTS

5.2 (4.5 – 5.9)

6.6 (5.8 – 7.3)

= 0.003*

ISS

26 (25 - 33)

20 (17 - 25)

< 0.001*

TRISS

0.4 (0.3 – 0.6)

0.8 (CI 0.7 – 0.9)

< 0.001*

RISC

69.6 (63.4 – 75.9)

34.5 (27.0 – 42.1)

< 0.001*

AIS Head

5 (4 - 5)

4 (3 - 4)

= 0.006*

ASA

2 (2 - 2)

2 (2 - 2)

= 0.325

Age

81.9 (80.7 – 83.2)

82.6 (81.1 – 84.2)

= 0.511

SBR AS

140 (100 - 160)

140 (120 - 160)

= 0.381

Heart rate AS

88 (80 - 100)

88 (80 - 100)

= 0.839

Oxygen saturation AS (%)

90 (80 - 96)

93 (89 - 96)

= 0.117

SBP TR

125 (93 - 152)

142 (113 - 161)

= 0.070

Heart rate TR

87 (70 - 107)

87 (76 - 100)

= 0.804

Oxygen saturation TR (%)

99 (96 - 100)

98 (95 - 100)

= 0.396

Hb (g/dl)

10.5 (9.9 – 11.1)

11.6 (11.0 – 12.3)

= 0.004*

PTT (sec.)

41.1 (30.0 – 52.3)

27.6 (24.4 – 30.8)

= 0.008*

Prothrombin ratio (%)

66.5 (57.3 – 75.6)

82.8 (73.9 – 91.8)

= 0.016*

Base excess

-4.6 (-6.3 - -3.0)

-2.7 (-4.5 – 1.0)

= 0.129

Lactate (mmol/l)

2.9 (1.8 – 3.9)

1.6 (1.1 – 2.0)

= 0.043*

ICU stay (days)

6.5 (3.6 – 9.5)

15.6 (10.0 – 21.1)

< 0.001*

Hospital stay (days)

7.5 (4.4 – 10.6)

20.2 (14.9 – 25.5)

< 0.001*

Pre-hospital volume (ml)

875.0 (698.1 – 1051.9)

869.6 (665.1 – 1074.1)

= 0.982

TR volume (ml)

1506.6 (1153.2 – 1860.0)

1283.4 (876.9 – 1690.0)

= 0.252

Total volume (ml)

2439.7 (1966.4 – 2913.1)

2215.5 (1613.8 – 2817,2)

= 0.321

Time in TR (min)

51.9 (45.8 – 58.0)

54.7 (46.9 – 62.4)

= 0.710

Gender Male

37.1%

40%

= 0.760

Rate of whole-body CT

53.6%

56.8%

= 0.763

MOF

51%

23.3%

= 0.006*

Sepsis

15.8%

25.0%

= 0.249

Intubation at AS

77.4%

40%

< 0.001*

Intubation in TR

40.7%

43.5%

= 0.773

  1. Categorical variables are presented as median with the interquartile range in parentheses, continuous variables as means with the 95% confidence interval in parentheses, and incidences as percentages; *significant differences.