Table 2.
Injury severity, injury type and body region of injury in transferred trauma patients.
| Transfer Distance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | < 20 km | 21-100 km | > 100 km | p = |
| Patients n | 258 | 627 | 665 | |
| Penetrating inj n (%) | 9 (3.5) | 27 (4.3) | 24 (3.6) | .762 |
| ISS | 17 (14-25)§ | 21 (16-26)§ | 21 (16-29)§ | < .001 |
| NISS | 26 (17-35)§ | 29 (21-41)§ | 27 (20-41)§ | .004 |
| Head inj n (%) | 174 (67.4) | 360 (57.4) | 349 (52.5) | < .001 |
| Spinal inj n (%) | 40 (15.5) | 139 (22.2) | 181 (27.2) | .001 |
| Thoracic inj n (%) | 31 (12.0) | 167 (26.6) | 196 (29.5) | < .001 |
| Abdominal/Pelvic inj n (%) | 12 (4.7) | 83 (13.2) | 76 (11.4) | .001 |
| Polytrauma n (%) | 44 (17.1) | 212 (33.8) | 236 (35.5) | < .001 |
Abbreviations denotes:
ISS, Injury Severity Score; NISS, New Injury Severity Score.
χ2 -test performed with 2 degrees of freedom.
§ median (IQR)