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Table 3 Outcomes

From: Prehospital and emergency department airway management of severe penetrating trauma in Sweden during the past decade

Characteristic

Prehospital airway management

ED airway management

 

TI, n  = 1181

no TI, n  = 5671

TI, n  = 2481

no TI, n  = 4821

Airway method

    

 Tracheal, meds

43/118 (36%)

0/49 (0%)

208/248 (84%)

0/27 (0%)

 Tracheal, no meds

75/118 (64%)

0/49 (0%)

40/248 (16%)

0/27 (0%)

 Supraglottic, meds

0/118 (0%)

8/49 (16%)

0/248 (0%)

3/27 (11%)

 Supraglottic, no meds

0/118 (0%)

21/49 (43%)

  

 Other

0/118 (0%)

12/49 (24%)

0/248 (0%)

6/27 (22%)

 Unknown

0/118 (0%)

8/49 (16%)

0/248 (0%)

18/27 (67%)

 No airway management/missing

0

518

0

455

 Ventilator days

3 (1, 5)

1 (1, 3)

1 (1, 4)

1 (1, 4)

 No ventilator days/missing

69

299

67

319

30-day mortality

    

 Dead

90/118 (76%)

117/567 (21%)

105/248 (42%)

107/482 (22%)

 Alive

26/118 (22%)

442/567 (78%)

139/248 (56%)

367/482 (76%)

 Unknown

2/118 (1.7%)

8/567 (1.4%)

4/248 (1.6%)

8/482 (1.7%)

Glasgow outcome scale score

    

 1

90/116 (78%)

116/567 (20%)

106/248 (43%)

106/481 (22%)

 2

0/116 (0%)

5/567 (0.9%)

4/248 (1.6%)

6/481 (1.2%)

 3

13/116 (11%)

87/567 (15%)

45/248 (18%)

74/481 (15%)

 4

10/116 (8.6%)

218/567 (38%)

62/248 (25%)

177/481 (37%)

 5

2/116 (1.7%)

136/567 (24%)

28/248 (11%)

115/481 (24%)

 Unknown

1/116 (0.9%)

5/567 (0.9%)

3/248 (1.2%)

3/481 (0.6%)

 Missing

2

0

0

1

  1. 1Median (IQR); n/N (%). Abbreviations: ED = emergency department, IQR = interquartile range, SGA = supraglottic airway device, TI = tracheal intubation