Table 1.
Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of the patients with blunt abdominal trauma.
| Variables | Groups |
Total | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IV contrast alone (n = 60) | Oral and IV contrast (n = 63) | |||
| Age (years) | 41.0 ± 19.5 | 39.9 ± 18.1 | 40.4 ± 18.7 | 0.990 |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 32 (53.3) | 31 (49.2) | 63 (51.2) | 0.647 |
| Female | 28 (46.7) | 32 (50.8) | 60 (48.8) | |
| Injury mechanism | ||||
| Motorcyclist | 37 (61.7) | 44 (69.8) | 81 (65.9) | 0.550 |
| Car accident | 11 (18.3) | 7 (11.1) | 18 (14.6) | |
| Fall | 8 (13.3) | 6 (9.5) | 14 (11.4) | |
| Pedestrian | 4 (6.7) | 6 (9.5) | 10 (8.1) | |
| Intubation | 9 (15.0) | 10 (15.9) | 19 (15.4) | 0.893 |
| Accompanying limb fracture | 19 (31.7) | 16 (25.4) | 35 (28.5) | 0.441 |
| Accompanying head trauma | 8 (13.3) | 10 (15.9) | 18 (14.6) | 0.690 |
| Visceral injury | ||||
| Liver | 25 (41.7) | 30 (47.6) | 55 (44.7) | 0.507 |
| Stomach | 2 (3.3) | 3 (4.8) | 5 (4.1) | 0.688 |
| Spleen | 39 (65.0) | 38 (60.3) | 77 (62.6) | 0.592 |
| Mesentery | 11 (18.3) | 6 (9.5) | 17 (13.8) | 0.157 |
| Kidney | 3 (5.0) | 4 (6.3) | 7 (5.7) | 0.727 |
| Intestines | 20 (33.3) | 21 (33.3) | 41 (33.3) | > 0.990 |
| Vascular injury | 2 (3.3) | 2 (3.2) | 4 (3.2) | 0.960 |
| Others | 3 (5.0) | 2 (3.2) | 5 (4.1) | 0.608 |
| Vital signs | ||||
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 96.2 ± 8.8 | 95.6 ± 10.9 | 95.9 ± 9.9 | 0.442 |
| Heart rate (beats/min) | 110.8 ± 12.9 | 108.5 ± 16.0 | 109.7 ± 14.6 | 0.547 |
| Respiratory rate (breaths/min) | 21.0 ± 3.8 | 20.6 ± 2.7 | 20.8 ± 3.3 | 0.994 |
| O2 saturation | 92.1 ± 2.8 | 92.1 ± 3.6 | 92.1 ± 3.3 | 0.733 |
| GCS score | 11.6 ± 1.0 | 11.7 ± 1.0 | 11.7 ± 1.0 | 0.391 |
| Mortality | 3 (5.0) | 3 (4.8) | 6 (4.9) | 0.951 |
Data are expressed as n (%) except for “Age” and “Vital signs”, which as mean ± SD.
IV: intravenous; GCS: Glasgow coma scale.