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Table 2 Severity of traumatic injury in the ETO and NON-ETO group

From: Pre-hospital emergent intubation in trauma patients: the influence of etomidate on mortality, morbidity and healthcare resource utilization

 

ETO

NON-ETO

p value

n (total)

762

935

 

ISS (points; mean ± SD; median)

27 ± 13; 25

26 ± 13; 25

0.41

AISHEAD ≥ 3 (%,n)

46.7 (356)

49.4 (462)

0.28

AISTHORAX ≥ 3 (%,n)

57.7 (440)

53.9 (504)

0.12

AISABDOMEN ≥ 3 (%,n)

14.6 (111)

15.4 (144)

0.68

AISEXTREMITIES ≥ 3 (%,n)

44.4 (338)

41.6 (389)

0.26

  1. ISS=Injury Severity Score; AIS = Abbreviated Injury Scale
  2. The entries in boldface give the number of patients in the column