Table 3.

Variables and Pediatric Trauma Score’s means and medians

		Pediatric Trauma Score
		Mean±SD	Median (Lower-Upper)	p
Gender	Female	8.66±1.57	9 (4–12)	0.048
	Male	9.29±1.35	9 (4–12)
Trauma type	In vehicle traffic accident	9.65±2.08	10 (4–12)	0.001
	Out of vehicle traffic accident	9.13±1.21	9 (4–12)
	Blunt trauma, suicide	8.09±0.94	8 (7–10)
	Stabbing, cutting tool injury	8.50±0.83	8 (8–10)
	Electric shock	8.0±0.0	8 (8–8)
Mechanical ventilation	No	9.33±1.17	9 (7–12)	0.011
	Yes	8.05±1.95	9 (4–11)
Transfusion	No	9.13±1.34	9 (4–12)	0.513
	Yes	8.17±2.63	8.5 (4–11)
Prognosis	Discharged (Survived)	9.26±1.13	9 (7–12)	0.000
	Exitus	4.75±0.95	4.5 (4–6)

^*P<0.05 statistical significance, Chi-square test, Fischer’s Precision Test. Examination of the differences between Pediatric Trauma Score and gender, type of trauma, mechanical ventilation monitoring and transfusion findings of trauma patients followed in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (n=91) (SD: Standard deviation).