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Table 3 Patient characteristics according to mechanism of injury. After subdivision into the studied groups

From: Routine whole body CT of high energy trauma patients leads to excessive radiation exposure

 

Unprotected traffic victim

Protected traffic victim

Fall <3 m

Fall >3 m

Other (chrush, blunt, SW)

P-value

 

(n = 154)

(n = 229)

(n = 60)

(n = 40)

(n = 40)

 

Age - mean, years (SD)

33.62 (20.58)

34.98 (19.18)

44.45 (25.78)

43.26 (19.15)

36.13 (19.54)

0.002

Male gender % (n):

64.3 % (99)

57.5 % (132)

63.3 % (38)

95.0 % (38)

82.5 % (33)

<0.001

Examined with whole body computer tomography in trauma (WBCT-T) % (n)

60.4 % (93)

51.5 % (118)

50.0 % (30)

72.5 % (29)

50.0 % (20)

0.065

Injury on WBCT-T % (n)

47.3 % (44)

28.8 % (34)

50.0 % (15)

72.4 % (21)

60.0 % (12)

<0.001

Specific radiological exams % (n)

61.7 % (95)

46.3 % (106)

56.4 % (34)

62.5 % (25)

52.5 % (21)

0.033

Injury Severity Score (ISS) - mean (SD)

5.30 (8.46)

3.53 (9.62)

5.18 (10.65)

7.95 (6.68)

7.65 (9.16)

0.009

S-etanol in mmol/l, intoxicated pt - mean (SD)

44.82 (20.66)

34.34 (26.81)

53.73 (6.04)

51.67 (13.00)

23.83 (16.13)

0.081

Intoxication on admission % (n)

8.6 % (12)

4.8 % (10)

7.1 % (4)

16.2 % (6)

17.6 % (6)

0.031

Admission to intensive care unit (ICU) % (n)

36.4 % (56)

30.1 (69)

41.7 % (25)

42.5 % (17)

42.5 % (17)

0.23