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Table 3 Clinical characteristics of injured patients: business hours 1 versus off hours 2 by subspecialty intervention

From: The off-hour effect on trauma patients requiring subspecialty intervention at a community hospital in Japan: a retrospective cohort study

 

ORIF

TAE

Laparotomy

Craniotomy

Thoracotomy

Characteristic

Business hours (n = 251)

Off hours (n = 256)

Business hours (n = 63)

Off hours (n = 81)

Business hours (n = 48)

Off hours (n = 70)

Business hours (n = 11)

Off hours (n = 16)

Business hours (n = 6)

Off hours (n = 3)

Age (years)

46.8 ± 22.8

42.7 ± 21.1*

56.9 ± 22.6

53.4 ± 23.0

53.8 ± 21.6

44.9 ± 19.8*

47.6 ± 17.6

42.5 ± 20.7

60.5 ± 11.0

44.3 ± 22.0

Males, n (%)

184 (73.3)

191 (74.6)

41 (65.1)

49 (60.5)

31 (64.6)

49 (70.0)

8 (72.7)

14 (87.5)

6 (100.0)

3 (100.0)

ISS

11.0 ± 8.6

13.0 ± 10.5*

32.9 ± 17.0

34.0 ± 13.4

23.8 ± 15.8

26.2 ± 12.2

27.4 ± 10.4

29.2 ± 12.9

35.0 ± 12.2

33.3 ± 15.0

RTS

7.6 ± 0.8

7.6 ± 0.6

6.8 ± 1.7

6.5 ± 1.8

7.0 ± 1.5

6.9 ± 1.4

6.1 ± 1.4

6.4 ± 1.0

5.8 ± 2.1

7.3 ± 0.5

Ps

0.96 ± 0.11

0.96 ± 0.13

0.70 ± 0.34

0.71 ± 0.34

0.80 ± 0.31

0.85 ± 0.22

0.66 ± 0.31

0.79 ± 0.22

0.60 ± 0.44

0.72 ± 0.24

ASA-PS

2.3 ± 0.7

2.3 ± 0.7

3.6 ± 0.8

3.7 ± 0.8

3.3 ± 0.8

3.2 ± 0.9

3.3 ± 1.0

3.3 ± 0.7

4.2 ± 0.8

4.3 ± 1.2

CCI

0.36 ± 0.9

0.28 ± 0.7

0.46 ± 0.69

0.56 ± 0.96

0.73 ± 1.2

0.21 ± 0.59***

0.36 ± 0.92

0.56 ± 0.89

0.50 ± 0.84

0.0 ± 0.0

Penetrating injury, n (%)

51 (20.3)

40 (15.6)

2 (3.2)

1 (1.2)

4 (8.3)

7 (10.0)

1 (9.1)

0 (0.0)

1 (16.7)

0 (0.0)

  1. 18:01 AM to 6:00 PM weekdays.
  2. 26:01 PM to 8:00 AM weekdays plus all weekend hours.
  3. Data expressed as mean ± standard deviation unless otherwise indicated. *p < 0.05, ***p < 0.001. ASA-PS, American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status; CCI, Charlson comorbidity index; ISS, Injury Severity Score; ORIF, open reduction with internal fixation; Ps, Probability of survival; RTS, Revised Trauma Score; TAE, transarterial embolization.