Table 1.
Demographic data and trauma features.
| CHVI − n=291 |
CHVI + n=27 |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean (years) | 35.4 | 34.6 | 0.795 |
| Male sex, n (%) | 205 (70.4) | 21 (77.8) | 0.561 |
| Mechanism of injury, n (%) | – | – | 0.134 |
| Motorbike accident | 117 (40.2) | 9 (33.3) | – |
| Car accident | 30 (10.3) | 2 (7.4) | – |
| Walking accident | 14 (4.8) | 1 (3.7) | – |
| Other transportation accident | 25 (8.6) | 3 (11.1) | – |
| Stabbing wound | 25 (8.6) | 4 (14.8) | – |
| GSW | 10 (3.4) | 4 (14.8) | – |
| Fall | 55 (18.9) | 2 (7.4) | – |
| Other | 15 (5.2) | 2 (7.4) | – |
| Penetrating trauma, n (%) | 42 (14.4) | 8 (29.6) | 0.072 |
| Hemodynamic instability upon arrival, n (%) | 93 (33.6) | 5 (19.2) | 0.202 |
| Mean Glasgow score, mean | 13 | 14 | 0.060 |
| Biological data upon arrival, mean | – | – | – |
| Hb | 11.7 | 12.8 | 0.063 |
| pH | 7.28 | 7.34 | 0.053 |
| Arterial lactate | 3.74 | 2.59 | 0.150 |
| ISS | 27.2 | 19.2 | 0.015 |
| Associated visceral injury, n (%) | – | – | – |
| Spleen | 67 (23.0) | 1 (3.7) | 0.309 |
| Kidney | 74 (25.2) | 5 (18.5) | 0.748 |
| Thoracic cage or lungs | 178 (61.2) | 14 (51.9) | 0.459 |
| Vertebral columnar | 60 (20.7) | 2 (7.4) | 0.158 |
| Bones | 115 (39.8) | 6 (22.2) | 0.112 |
| Pelvis | 56 (19.3) | 3 (11.1) | 0.430 |
| Brain or spinal cord | 54 (18.6) | 2 (7.4) | 0.231 |
Bold values are statistical significance P<0.05.
GSW, Gunshot wound; Hb, Hemoglobin; ISS, Injury severity score.