Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of trauma patients
Characteristic | Number of patients (n=283) |
|---|---|
Age, years, median (IQR) | 47 (30–64) |
Sex, male, n (%) | 200 (70.7%) |
Mechanism of injury, n (%) | |
Motor vehicle collision | 209 (73.9%) |
Fall | 57 (20.1%) |
Other | 17 (6.0%) |
Injury sitea, n (%) | |
Head and neck | 46 (16.3) |
Face | 2 (0.7) |
Chest | 71 (25.1) |
Abdomen | 49 (17.3) |
Pelvis/Extremity | 79 (27.9) |
Vital signs on presentation | |
GCS | 15 (15–15) |
Respiratory rate, /min | 21 (17–25) |
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg | 140 (123–161) |
Heart rate, /min | 81 (72–94) |
D-dimer, μg/mL, median (IQR) | 7.2 (2.3–23.7) |
< 0.5 μg/mL, n (%) | 4 (1.4%) |
0.5–1.0 μg/mL, n (%) | 27 (9.5%) |
1.0–3.0 μg/mL, n (%) | 53 (18.7%) |
3.0–5.0 μg/mL, n (%) | 35 (12.4%) |
≥5.0, n (%) | 164 (58.0%) |
Injury Severity Score, median (IQR) | 4 (0–13) |
Revised Trauma Score, median (IQR) | 7.84 (7.84–7.84) |
Probability of survival, median (IQR) | 0.99 (0.98–1.00) |
Isolated injury, n (%) | 212 (74.9%) |
Insolated non-severe injury, n (%) | 199 (70.3%) |