Table 1 Demographical and clinical characteristics of vascular patients by mechanism of injury
From: Civilian vascular trauma, treatment and outcome at a level 1-trauma centre
| Â | Vascular trauma | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Penetrating | Blunt | p value | |
Demographics | ||||
Number of patients (%) | 68 | 22 (32) | 46 (68) |  < 0.05 |
Age (mean, SD) | 44 (17) | 41 (16) | 48 (18) | 0.14 |
Male (%) | 52 (76) | 19 (86) | 33 (72) | 0.23 |
LOS days* (median, IQR) | 4 (1.5–15.5) | 3.5 (1–6) | 10 (3–21) | 0.08 |
ICU days** (median, IQR) | 3.5 (2–9) | 1.5 (1–3) | 4.5 (3–10) | 0.12 |
ICU number of patients (%) | 34 (50) | 8 (36) | 26 (57) | 0.19 |
Injury characteristics | ||||
ISS (median, IQR) | 22 (14–36) | 14 (8–17) | 32 (20–38) |  < 0.05 |
NISS (median, IQR) | 33 (17–46) | 17 (10–27) | 34 (27–48) |  < 0.05 |
ISS > 15 (%) | 50 (74) | 10 (45) | 40 (87) |  < 0.05 |
Vascular AIS ≥ 3 (%) | 47 (69) | 13 (59) | 34 (74) | 0.27 |
Polytrauma (%) | 32 (47) | 1 (5) | 31 (67) |  < 0.05 |
Hypovolemic shock (%) | 34 (50) | 13 (59) | 21 (46) | 0.44 |
Massive transfusion of PRBC*** (%) | 12 (18) | 4 (18) | 8 (17) | 1.00 |