Table 3.
Survivor vs non-survivor in patients with traumatic cardiac arrest
| Non-Survivors (n = 816) | Survivors (n = 68) | Total (n = 984) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, median [IQR] | 57 [35.8, 73.0] | 59 [48.8, 71.0] | 57 [36, 73] | 0.350 |
| Missing | 80 | 0 | 153 | |
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 175 (22.9) | 9 (13.2) | 199 (22.5) | |
| Male | 590 (77.1) | 59 (86.8) | 686 (77.5) | 0.010 |
| Missing | 51 | 0 | 99 | |
| Type of Injury | ||||
| Blunt | 708 (88.7) | 64 (94.1) | 844 (87.6) | 0.089 |
| Penetrating | 54 (6.8) | 3 (4.4) | 76 (7.9) | 0.613 |
| Burn | 36 (4.5) | 1 (1.5) | 44 (4.6) | 0.353 |
| Missing | 18 | 0 | 20 | |
| Mechanism of Injury | ||||
| Road Collision | 449 (55.0) | 39 (57.4) | 531 (54.0) | 0.063 |
| Fall less than two metres | 103 (12.6) | 16 (23.5) | 125 (12.7) | 0.003 |
| Fall more than two metres | 56 (6.9) | 4 (5.9) | 66 (6.7) | 0.911 |
| Gunshot wound | 14 (1.7) | 1 (1.5) | 22 (2.2) | 0.003 |
| Blunt force trauma | 44 (5.4) | 2 (2.9) | 61 (6.2) | < 0.001 |
| Burn | 36 (4.4) | 1 (1.5) | 44 (4.5) | 0.230 |
| Other Trauma | 71 (8.7) | 4 (5.9) | 88 (8.9) | 0.239 |
IQR Interquartile range. Missing data are excluded from the denominator. Due to missing data on 30-day survival 100 patients were excluded from the univariable analyses, they are included within the total number