Table 4.

Outcome between tandem neurotrauma group and isolated SCI group.

		SCI (n = 5926)	TBI + SCI (n = 5926)	P value	Odd ratioa	95% CI	P value
Length of stay		15 (7–30)	15 (7–31)	0.459
Admission to ICU		2020 (34.1)	2245 (37.9)	<0.001	1.179	1.094–1.271	<0.001
Length of stay for ICU		5 (2–13)	6 (2–17)	0.001
Mortality (30 days)		619 (10.4)	762 (12.9)	<0.001	1.265	1.130–1.416	<0.001
Discharge destination
Dead		657 (11.1)	826 (14.0)	<0.001	1.299	1.165–1.450	<0.001
Other acute hospital		780 (13.2)	710 (12.0)	0.053
Home (own)		3013 (50.9)	2887 (48.8)	0.022	0.919	0.855–0.988	0.022
Home (with support)b		148 (2.5)	159 (2.7)	0.523
Rehabilitation		980 (16.6)	990 (16.7)	0.799
Nursing home		193 (3.3)	172 (2.9)	0.266
Otherc		148 (2.5)	173 (2.9)	0.156
Operation
>1 operation		848 (31.5)	865 (34.4)	0.027	1.140	1.015–1.279	0.027
1 operation		1847 (68.5)	1653 (65.6)
Surgery
ICP monitoring		8 (0.3)	139 (5.2)	<0.001	19.592	9.588–40.034	<0.001
Spine surgeryd		1847 (64.9)	1572 (59.2)	<0.001	0.784	0.703–0.875	<0.001
Craniotomy		1 (0.04)	54 (2.0)	<0.001	59.045	8.163–427.110	<0.001
Craniectomy		1 (0.04)	67 (2.5)	<0.001	73.628	10.214–530.740	<0.001
Drain of ventricle		1 (0.04)	33 (1.2)	<0.001	35.794	4.892–261.891	<0.001
Mechanism
Fall>2 m		1547 (26.1)	2038 (34.4)	<0.001	1.484	1.371–1.606	<0.001
Fall<2 m		2316 (39.1)	1807 (30.5)	<0.001	0.684	0.634–0.738	<0.001
Road traffic collision		1798 (30.3)	1823 (30.8)	0.618
Penetratinge		33 (0.6)	21 (0.4)	0.102
Otherf		232 (3.9)	237 (4.0)	0.814

TBI: Traumatic brain injury; SCI: Spinal cord injury; CI: Confidence interval; ICU: Intensive care unit.

^aUnivariate analysis.

^bHome (relative or other carer) + Social care.

^cNo fixed abode + Alive at 30 days still in hospital + Other institution + Not known.

^dFixation of spine + Fusion of spine + Spinal stabilisation.

^eShooting + Stabbing.

^fBlast + Blows + Burn + Crush + Other.