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. 2013 Mar 5;39(3):285–292. doi: 10.1007/s00068-013-0269-3

Table 1.

Age, gender and trauma severity

GCS score at ICU discharge 3–6 7–9 10–12 13–15 Total p-Value
Patients
 (n) 83 46 101 308 538
 (%) 15.4 8.6 18.8 57.2 100.0
 Age (years, mean) 49.3 43.7 39.2 37.6 40.2 <0.001
 Age (years, SD) 19.4 22.4 22.1 19.5 20.6
 Gender male (% of patients) 69.9 65.2 74.3 76.0 73.8 n.s.
 Alcohol intoxication (% of patients) 24.3 37.0 24.2 28.8 28.1 n.s.
Trauma mechanism (% of patients)
 Blunt assault 1.2 4.3 5.0 5.2 4.5 n.s.
 Gunshot 1.2 0.0 3.0 2.3 2.0 n.s.
 Fall <3 m 39.8 37.0 20.8 22.7 26.2 <0.001
 Fall >3 m 3.6 10.9 8.9 5.5 6.3 n.s.
 Fall total 43.4 47.8 29.7 28.2 32.5 <0.01
 Bicycle 6.0 8.7 5.0 5.2 5.6 n.s.
 RTA: motorcycle 4.8 2.2 9.9 9.7 8.4 n.s.
 RTA: car driver 18.1 10.9 17.8 14.9 15.6 n.s.
 RTA: car passenger 4.8 0.0 7.9 9.7 7.8 n.s.
 RTA: pedestrian 13.3 4.3 10.9 11.7 11.2 n.s.
 RTA total 41.0 17.4 46.5 46.1 42.9 <0.05
 Other 3.6 13.0 8.9 9.4 8.7 n.s.
 Unknown 3.6 8.7 2.0 3.6 3.7 n.s.
Severity of trauma
 ISS (median) 26 27.5 27.0 24.0 25.0 <0.001
 ISS (IQR) 16–34.5 17–33.75 18–34 16–29 16–33
Concomitant injury with AIS >2 (% of patients)
 None 53.0 58.7 45.5 53.2 52.2 n.s.
 To 1 body region 26.5 21.7 21.8 24.0 23.8 n.s.
 To 2 body regions 13.3 10.9 26.7 14.3 16.2 <0.05
 To >2 body regions 7.2 8.7 5.9 8.4 7.8 n.s.
Severity of TBI
 First GCS score (median) 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 7.0 <0.001
 First GCS score (IQR) 3–6 3–7 4–8 6–9 4–8
 AIS head score (median) 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 <0.001
 AIS head score (IQR) 4–5 4–5 3–4 3–4 3–4
 Basal cisterns closed (% of patients) 24.1 6.7 7.5 3.1 7.8 <0.001
 Midline shift <5 mm (% of patients) 54.9 48.8 62.4 72.8 65.5 <0.001
 Normal pupils (% of patients) 43.9 61.0 60.4 69.9 63.3 <0.001
 Probability of survival (median) 60.0 79.0 82.0 90.0 85.0 <0.001
 Probability of survival (IQR) 38.0–80 52.5–87 62.5–92 79.0–96 65.0–95

GCS Glasgow Coma Scale, ICU intensive care unit, RTA road traffic accident, ISS Injury Severity Score, IQR interquartile range, AIS Abbreviated Injury Scale