Clinical data just before trauma admission CT examination strategy decision | SWBCT (n = 66) | Other choices b (n = 47) | Missing values “SWBCT” group | Missing values “other choices” group | Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | p-value* | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | p-value* |
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Scale variables | mean (SD) | mean (SD) | n | n | ||||
Age | 41.9 (16.9) | 40.2 (18.0) | 0 | 0 | 1.003 (0.981–1.025) | 0.799 | ||
Heart rate, beats/minute | 86.7 (19.7) | 87.1 (21.0) | 0 | 1 | 0.999 (0.980–1.018) | 0.916 | ||
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg | 132.2 (26.4) | 134.3 (24.3) | 0 | 1 | 0.997 (0.982–1.012) | 0.670 | ||
Shock index (HR/SPB) | 0.7 (0.3) | 0.7 (0.2) | 0 | 1 | 1.785 (0.300–10.607) | 0.524 | ||
Respiratory rate, breath/minute | 19.6 (6.8) | 20.0 (4.5) | 18 | 4 | 0.989 (0.921–1.062) | 0.758 | ||
Blood haemoglobin g/dl | 14.2 (1.8) | 14.5 (1.2) | 1 | 1 | 0.887 (0.691–1.138) | 0.346 | ||
Blood lactate mmol/l | 2.2 (1.8) | 1.7 (1.4) | 22 | 14 | 1.220 (0.899–1.656) | 0.202 | ||
Blood base excess mmol/l | −2.9 (3.3) | −2.3 (3.8) | 19 | 15 | 0.953 (0.832–1.091) | 0.484 | ||
Minutes from accident to start of first CT | 237 (207) | 217 (190) | 0 | 11 | 1.001 (0.998–1.003) | 0.626 | ||
Categorical variables | n (%) | n (%) | n | n | ||||
Male sex | 55 (83.3) | 40 (85.1) | 0 | 0 | 1.143 (0.407–3.206) | 0.800 | ||
GCS < 13 or intubated | 22 (33.3) | 7 (14.9) | 0 | 0 | 2.857 (1.103–7.404) | 0.031 | 2.448 (0.912–6.574) | 0.076 |
Positive finding on chest X-ray | 17 (25.8) | 7 (14.9) | 4 | 7 | 1.781 (0.663–4.784) | 0.252 | ||
Positive finding on pelvic X-ray | 7 (10.6) | 1 (2.1) | 15 | 14 | 5.091 (0.596–43.452) | 0.137 | ||
Positive EFAST | 7 (10.6) | 4 (8,5) | 10 | 10 | 1.179 (0.319–4.348) | 0.805 | ||
Transport with physician to trauma admission | 46 (69.7) | 25 (53.2) | 0 | 0 | 2.024 (0.931–4.402) | 0.075 | 1.767 (0.785–3.977) | 0.169 |
High energy mechanism of trauma c, n(%) | 17 (25.6) | 3 (6.4) | 0 | 0 | 5.088 (1.396–18.543) | 0.014 | 4.390 (1.174–16.413) | 0.028 |