Table 1 Demographics, trauma scores and injury pattern
From: Severe thoracic trauma – still an independent predictor for death in multiple injured patients?
Total n = 529 | STT AIS Thorax ≥3 n = 317 | MTT AIS Thorax <3 n = 212 | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Demographics and Trauma scores: | ||||
- Male (n / %) | 388 / 73.3 | 237 / 74.8 | 151 / 71.2 | 0.211 |
- Age (years ± SD) | 44.8 (± 21.1) | 43.9 (± 20.7) | 46.1 (± 21.6) | 0.260 |
- ISS (∅ ± SD) | 30.0 (± 11.7) | 33.5 (± 12.8) | 24.7 (± 7.1) | <0.001 |
- NISS (∅ ± SD) | 37.0 (± 15.0) | 39.2 (± 14.9) | 33.9 (± 14.7) | <0.001 |
- RISC II (∅ ± SD) | 18.9 (± 27.8) | 20.0 (± 29.0) | 17.1 (± 25.8) | 0.241 |
- Prehospital GCS (∅ ± SD) | 10.6 (± 4.6) | 10.5 (± 4.7) | 10.7 (± 4.4) | 0.817 |
Concomitant injuries: | ||||
- AIS Head ≥3 (n / %) | 304 / 57.5 | 153 / 48.3 | 151 / 71.2 | <0.001 |
- AIS Abdomen ≥3 (n / %) | 106 / 20.0 | 78 / 24.6 | 28 / 13.2 | <0.001 |
- AIS Extremities ≥3 (n / %) | 227 / 42.9 | 138 / 43.5 | 89 / 42.0 | 0.396 |
- AIS Extremities ≥2 (n / %) | 384 / 72.6 | 246 / 77.6 | 138 / 65.1 | 0.001 |
- Number of diagnoses (∅ ± SD) | 8.7 (± 4.0) | 9.5 (± 4.0) | 7.5 (± 3.7) | <0.001 |
- Number of surgeries (∅ ± SD) | 5.4 (± 5.7) | 5.8 (± 6.2) | 4.7 (± 4.8) | 0.021 |
Trauma mechanism: | ||||
- Motor vehicle accident (n / %) | 286 / 54.1 | 190 / 59.9 | 96 / 45.3 | 0.001 |
- Bicycle / Pedestrian (n / %) | 67 / 12.7 | 37 / 11.7 | 30 / 14.2 | 0.239 |
- Falls <3 m (n / %) | 64 / 12.1 | 24 / 7.6 | 40 / 18.9 | <0.001 |
- Falls >3 m (n / %) | 76 / 14.4 | 47 / 14.8 | 29 / 13.7 | 0.407 |
- Other (n / %) | 36 / 6.8 | 19 / 6.0 | 17 / 8.0 | 0.231 |