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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of the CT group and No CT group

From: Computed tomography during initial management and mortality among hemodynamically unstable blunt trauma patients: a nationwide retrospective cohort study

Characteristics

CT group

No CT group

 

(n = 5,352)

(n = 457)

p value

Age, mean (SD), year

56.2 (21.8)

58.7 (20.6)

0.013

Gender, male (%)

3,535 (66.1)

278 (60.8)

0.024

Year of injury

 2004

148 (2.8)

16 (3.5)

<0.001

 2005

172 (3.2)

25 (5.5)

 2006

140 (2.6)

20 (4.4)

 2007

301 (5.6)

38 (8.3)

 2008

437 (8.2)

56 (12.3)

 2009

516 (9.6)

34 (7.4)

 2010

622 (11.6)

52 (11.4)

 2011

712 (13.3)

53 (11.6)

 2012

852 (15.9)

55 (12.0)

 2013

802 (15.0)

60 (13.1)

 2014

650 (12.1)

48 (10.5)

Arrival vital signs, mean (SD)

 SBPa, mmHg

75.8 (10.0)

73.6 (11.1)

<0.001

 DBPb, mmHg

47.1 (12.1)

45.1 (13.7)

0.003

 RRc, breaths/min

23.9 (8.2)

24.6 (8.6)

0.079

 HRd, beats/min

92.9 (27.7)

99.2 (31.2)

<0.001

 GCSe

11.4 (4.3)

10.9 (4.8)

0.008

Severity, mean (SD)

 ISSf

26.2 (15.1)

23.9 (16.8)

0.002

 RTSg

5.89 (1.40)

5.54 (1.57)

<0.001

 TRISS Psh

0.68 (0.31)

0.64 (0.34)

0.047

 FASTi, positive (%)

1,088 (21.4)j

151 (35.2)j

<0.001

Death (%)

 In-hospital

1,276 (23.8)

207 (45.3)

<0.001

 Death within 24 h

655 (12.8)k

147 (34.9)k

<0.001

  1. aSBP, systolic blood pressure; bDBP, diastolic blood pressure; cRR, respiratory rate; dHR, heart rate; eGCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; fISS, Injury Severity Score; gRTS, Revised Trauma Score; hTRISS Ps, Trauma Revised Injury Severity Score Probability of Survival; iFAST, Focused Assessment Sonography for Trauma
  2. j256 patients in the CT group and 28 patients in the No CT group with missing FAST data were excluded from the numerator
  3. k244 dead patients in CT group and 36 dead patients in No CT group with missing data of death time were excluded from the numerator