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Table 5 Variables contributing to the physiologic score changes in the all-variable generalized linear models

From: Ketamine for prehospital trauma analgesia in a low-resource rural trauma system: a retrospective comparative study of ketamine and opioid analgesia in a ten-year cohort in Iraq

 

All

ISS >8 subgroup

 

Estimate (95 % CI)

p

Estimate (95 % CI)

p

Variables contributing to respiratory rate score changes

 Intercept

0.21 (0.08–0.35)

0.002

0.50 (0.25–0.75)

<.0001

 Analgesia (pentazocine vs. no analgesia)

0.20 (0.10–0.30)

<.0001

0.21 (0.04–0.38)

0.015

 Analgesia (ketamine vs. pentazocine)

−0.04 (−0.12–0.04)

0.35

0.01 (−0.13–0.15)

0.88

 Gender (male vs. female)

−0.03 (−0.07–0.02)

0.21

0.00 (−0.07–0.07)

0.98

 Age (years)

0.00 (0.00–0.00)

0.86

0.00 (−0.01–0.00)

0.50

 Time from injury to first medical assistance (hours)

−0.03 (−0.07–0.00)

0.04

−0.04 (−0.09–0.02)

0.21

 Time from injury to arrival at the hospital (hours)

0.02 (0.00–0.03)

0.02

0.01 (−0.02–0.03)

0.53

 Injury severity score (ISS)

0.01 (0.01–0.02)

<.0001

0.00 (−0.01–0.01)

0.97

 Blunt type of injury

0.00 (−0.04–0.04)

0.95

−0.02 (−0.09–0.05)

0.55

Variables contributing to the change in the blood pressure rated score

 Intercept

0.38 (0.23–0.53)

<.0001

0.60 (0.33–0.86)

<.0001

 Analgesia (pentazocine vs. no analgesia)

0.28 (0.17–0.38)

<.0001

0.23 (0.06–0.41)

0.01

 Analgesia (ketamine vs. pentazocine)

0.03 (−0.06–0.12)

0.52

0.16 (0.02–0.31)

0.03

 Gender (male vs. female)

−0.01 (−0.06–0.03)

0.60

−0.01 (−0.08–0.07)

0.89

 Age (years)

0.00 (−0.01–0.00)

0.03

0.00 (−0.01–0.00)

0.32

 Time from injury to first medical assistance (hours)

0.03 (0.00–0.07)

0.08

0.02 (−0.03–0.08)

0.44

 Time from injury to arrival at the hospital (hours)

−0.01 (−0.03–0.01)

0.20

0.00 (−0.03–0.02)

0.80

 Injury severity score (ISS)

0.02 (0.01–0.02)

<.0001

0.00 (−0.01–0.01)

0.78

 Blunt type of injury

−0.05 (−0.09–0.00)

0.03

−0.08 (−0.15 – −0.01)

0.03

Variables contributing to consciousness rated score changes

 Intercept

0.43 (0.28–0.59)

<.0001

0.52 (0.24–0.80)

0.0003

 Analgesia (pentazocine vs. no analgesia)

−0.18 (−0.29– −0.07)

0.001

−0.18 (−0.37–0.00)

0.06

 Analgesia (ketamine vs. pentazocine)

−0.03 (−0.13–0.06)

0.51

0.08 (−0.07–0.24)

0.29

 Gender (male vs. female)

0.00 (−0.04–0.05)

0.88

−0.01 (−0.09–0.06)

0.71

 Age (years)

0.00 (−0.01–0.00)

0.14

0.00 (−0.01–0.00)

0.41

 Time from injury to first medical assistance (hours)

0.01 (−0.03–0.04)

0.64

0.01 (−0.05–0.07)

0.71

 Time from injury to arrival at the hospital (hours)

0.00 (−0.01–0.02)

0.77

−0.01 (−0.03–0.02)

0.67

 Injury severity score (ISS)

0.02 (0.01–0.02)

<.0001

0.01 (0.00–0.02)

0.01

 Blunt type of injury

0.05 (0.00–0.09)

0.04

0.01 (−0.07–0.08)

0.88