Table 5 Sex and outcomes of the trauma patients with reverse shock index (RSI) < 1 or RSI ≥ 1 in levels I–III of the Taiwan Triage and Acuity Scales system

Gender

0.990

 Male (n, %)

95 (73.1)

360 (73.0)

1.0 (0.65–1.55)

 Female (n, %)

35 (26.9)

133 (27.0)

1.0 (0.65–1.54)

ISS

 Median (IQR)

20 (12–29)

17 (9–25)

-

0.007

LOS days

21.8±22.9

18.7±18.8

-

0.102

ICU

  n (%)

92 (70.8)

324 (65.7)

1.3 (0.83–1.92)

0.277

 Days

15.5±22.9

11.7±11.5

-

0.030

Mortality

26 (20.0)

70 (14.2)

1.5 (0.92–2.49)

0.105

Triage: II

RSI < 1

RSI ≧ 1

Odds ratio

p

Variables

N = 153

N = 3180

(95 % CI)

Gender

0.025

 Male (n, %)

120 (78.4)

2224 (69.9)

1.6 (1.06–2.32)

 Female (n, %)

33 (21.6)

956 (30.1)

0.6 (0.43–0.95)

ISS

 Median (IQR)

10 (4–17)

6 (4–13)

-

<0.001

LOS days

15.0±14.3

11.1±10.9

-

<0.001

ICU

  n (%)

61 (39.9)

748 (23.5)

2.2 (1.54–3.01)

<0.001

 days

8.8±14.8

8.2±11.0

-

0.698

Mortality

7 (4.6)

20 (0.6)

7.2 (2.98–17.31)

<0.001

Triage III

RSI < 1

RSI ≧ 1

Odds ratio

p

Variables

N = 59

N = 6463

(95 % CI)

Gender

0.846

 Male (n, %)

36 (61.0)

3863 (59.8)

1.1 (0.62–1.78)

 Female (n, %)

23 (39.0)

2600 (40.2)

0.9 (0.56–1.61)

ISS

 Median (IQR)

5 (4–16)

4 (4–9)

-

<0.001

LOS days

12.2±10.4

7.2±7.2

-

<0.001

ICU

  n (%)

15 (25.4)

484 (7.5)

4.2 (2.33–7.62)

<0.001

 Days

7.0±6.9

7.2±7.2

-

0.932

Mortality

1 (1.7)

13 (0.2)

8.5 (1.09–66.15)

0.041