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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 Jan 19;94(4):525–531. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003868

Table 3.

Evaluation of Use of ICU and Number of ICU Days based on Scene or Transfer Status and the Effect of SI via Regression Coefficients.

SCENE TRANSFER

VARIABLERESPONSE Need for ICU Stay
(Binomial Logistic)
Number of Days in ICU
(Poisson)
Need for ICU Stay
(Binomial Logistic)
Number of Days in ICU
(Poisson)
SI-EMS 1.022 0.6540 1.425 1.360
95% CI −2.869 – 2.330 0.2480 – 1.060 −0.5403 – 3.390 0.5440 – 2.177

ΔSI: SI-EMS to SI-DC 2.883 0.2778 ---- ----
95% CI 1.430 – 4.335 −0.1363 – 0.6910 --- ---

ΔSI: SI-EMS to SI-TX --- --- 1.114 0.4692
95% CI --- --- −0.9475 – 3.175 −0.1889 – 1.127

ΔSI: SI-TX to SI-DC --- --- 2.469 0.8376
95% CI --- --- 0.6136 – 4.325 0.2954 – 1.380

Hypotension 2.671 0.2817 1.490 −0.4995
95% CI 1.044 – 4.298 −0.1442 – 0.7075 −0.8435 – 3.824 −1.255 – 0.2559

Transport Time 0.0004 −0.0027 ** −0.0012 0.0016
95% CI −0.0039 – 0.0030 −0.0052 - −0.0002 −0.0034 – 0.0012 0.0009 – 0.0024

The significance is indicated by p-value<0.10 (*), p-value<0.05 (**), p-value <0.01 (†), p-value <0.001 (‡)

ICU: intensive care unit; SI: shock index, SI-EMS: emergency medical services shock index; ΔSI: change in shock index; SI-DC: shock index at definitive are center; SI-TX: shock index at transferring facility