Table 2.
Patient Characterisitics
| Patient Characteristics | UM NSQIP Trauma | NTDB (2004) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| N | 525 | 54478 | -- |
| Age | 43 | 43 | 0.9 |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 69% | 69% | 0.8 |
| Female | 31% | 31% | |
| Blunt Mechanism of Injury | 93% | 86% | < 0.001 |
| Penetrating Mechanism of Injury | 7% | 14% | |
| ISS | 21 | 11 | < 0.001 |
| GCS | |||
| Motor | 5.1 | 5.5 | < 0.001 |
| Verbal | 3.9 | 4.5 | < 0.001 |
| Eye | 3.4 | 3.7 | < 0.001 |
| Total | 12.4 | 13.6 | < 0.001 |
UM, University of Michigan; NSQIP; National Surgical Quality Improvement Program; NTDB, National Trauma Data Bank; ISS, Injury Severity Score; GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale Score.