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Table 1 Demographics of multiply injured patients with severe thoracic trauma and concomitant spine trauma

From: Possible advantages of early stabilization of spinal fractures in multiply injured patients with leading thoracic trauma - analysis based on the TraumaRegister DGU®

 

Total

No Surgery (NSI) n = 402

Early Surgery (ESI) n = 976

Late Surgery (LSI) n = 362

P-value (ESI versus LSI)

Male gender​

76.2 (1320)

76.5 (306)​

76.2 (739) ​

76.0 (275)​

0.98

Mean age

48.0 (SD 18.7)

51.2 (SD 20.1)

45.9 (SD 17.6)

50.1 (SD 19.1)

< 0.001

Mean ISS

26.6 (SD 9.6)

26.5 (SD 10.6)​

27.5 (SD 9.3)

25.6 (SD 8.9)

0.001

ISS ≥ 25

59.8 (1041)

53.2 (214)

65.3 (637)

52.2 (190)

< 0.001

RRsys ≤ 90 mmHg prehospital

16.2 (214)

22.2 (66)

13.4 (99)

17.0 (49)

0.002

RRsys ≤ 90 mmHg on admission

13.4 (218)

16.7 (60)

11.8 (108)

14.6 (50)

0.051

Need for blood transfusion

17.2 (299)

15.8 (63)

18.3 (179)

15.7 (57)

0.36

Need for thoracic drain prehospital

5.4 (78)

6.6 (22)

4.9 (39)

5.6 (17)

0.52

Need for thoracic drain trauma room

26.7 (456)​

29.7 (115)

26.3 (255)

24.3 (86)

0.23

  1. Percentages (number of patients) and mean values (SD, standard deviation) are given. The p-values are derived comparing the ESI and LSI group. The NSI group is listed to display the complete dataset