Table 2 Baseline characteristics of included patients
All patients | Severe Injury (ISS > 15) | |
|---|---|---|
Total n (%) | 998 (100) | 127 (100) |
Age in years median (IQR) | 35 (20–58) | 43 (25–66) |
Male n (%) | 668 (67) | 100 (78) |
Blunt trauma n (%) | 955 (96) | 119 (93) |
Transport related accidents n (%) | 663 (66) | 63 (50) |
Falls n (%) | 196 (20) | 39 (30) |
Other n (%) | 70 (7) | 14 (11) |
Stabbed by sharp object n (%) | 35 (4) | 4 (3) |
Struck or hit by blunt object n (%) | 32 (3) | 7 (6) |
Shot by gun of any dimension n (%) | 2 (< 1) | 0 |
Systolic blood pressure median (IQR) | 132 (120–148) | 120 (112–150) |
Systolic blood pressure < 90 mmHg n (%) | 25 (3) | 10 (8) |
Glasgow Coma Scale median (IQR) | 15 (15–15) | 14 (10–15) |
Glasgow Coma Scale ≤8 n (%) | 58 (6) | 30 (23) |
Respiratory rate per min > 30 or < 10 n (%) | 49 (5) | 16 (13) |
Patients intubated pre-hospital n (%) | 36 (4) | 24 (19) |
Patients receiving transfusions n (%) | 20 (2) | 13 (10) |
Patients receiving thoracic drainage n (%) | 39 (4) | 28 (22) |
Emergency surgery procedures n (%) | 35 (3) | 26 (20) |
- Damage control thoracotomy n (%) | 2 (0.2) | 2 (0.2) |
- Damage control laparotomy n (%) | 18 (2) | 11 (9) |
- Limb revascularization n (%) | 1 (0.1) | 0 |
- Craniotomy n (%) | 7 (0.7) | 6 (5) |
- Intracranial pressure device insertion n (%) | 7 (0.7) | 7 (5) |
Injury Severity Score (ISS) median (IQR) | 4 (1–9) | 22 (17–29) |
30 day Mortality n (%) | 17 (2) | 12 (9) |