Table 2 Comparison of baseline characteristics between the cases identified through hospital sampling and those identified from the literature review
Overall (n = 305) | Hospital (n = 122) | Literature (n = 183) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years), mean ± SD | 47 ± 26 | 56 ± 22 | 41 ± 27 | < 0.001 |
Sex male, n (%) | 186 (61) | 75 (61) | 111 (61) | 0.886 |
Temp (°C), mean ± SD | 27.7 ± 5.2 | 31.8 ± 3.3 | 25.0 ± 4.4 | < 0.001 |
GCS, median (IQR) | 7 (3–15) | 15 (12–15) | 3 (3–6) | < 0.001 |
Heart rate, mean ± SD | 48 ± 39 | 71 ± 26 | 30 ± 37 | < 0.001 |
Heart rate, median (IQR) | 54 (0–80) | 76 (58–90) | 18 (0–54) | < 0.001 |
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg), mean ± SD | 121 ± 31 | 131 ± 25 | 101 ± 33 | < 0.001 |
Respiration rate, median (IQR) | 0 (0–16) | 18 (10–20) | 0 (0–0) | < 0.001 |
Clinical stage, n (%) | < 0.001 | |||
1 | 89 (29) | 79 (65) | 10 (5) | |
2 | 47 (15) | 23 (19) | 24 (13) | |
3 | 79 (26) | 12 (10) | 68 (37) | |
4 | 90 (30) | 8 (7) | 81 (44) | |
Cause, n (%) | < 0.001 | |||
Water exposition | 91 (30) | 14 (11) | 77 (42) | |
Avalanche | 17 (6) | 9 (7) | 8 (4) | |
Environmental/other/unknown | 197 (65) | 99 (81) | 98 (54) | |
Survival, n (%) | 262 (94) | 112 (92) | 150 (96) | 0.195 |
Outcome for survivors, n (%) | 0.060 | |||
CPC 1 | 251 (96) | 111 (99) | 140 (93) | |
CPC 2–3 | 6 (2.3) | 1 (0.9) | 5 (3.3) | |
Unknown | 5 (1.9) | 0 (0) | 5 (3.3) |