Table 2B.
Level I and II Trauma Centers: Distribution of Most Common Procedures by Age Group for Facilities With 80% or Greater Complication Data Entrya
| |
Age groups (in years) |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most common procedures | 18–44 (%) (n=102,820) | 45–54 (%) (n=36,280) | 55–64 (%) (n=21,542) | 65–74 (%) (n=13,404) | 75–84 (%) (n=16,142) | 85 and older (%) (n=10,216) |
| Application of an external fixation device | ||||||
| Present |
10.4 |
11.3 |
10.6 |
10.5 |
6.5 |
6.6 |
| Absent |
84.1 |
83.1 |
83.6 |
83.7 |
87.1 |
86.2 |
| Unknown |
5.5 |
5.5 |
5.8 |
5.8 |
6.3 |
7.1 |
| Closed reduction of fracture | ||||||
| Present |
6.1 |
4.3 |
5.5 |
4.1 |
2.6 |
2.1 |
| Absent |
88.3 |
90.2 |
88.6 |
90.1 |
91.1 |
90.8 |
| Unknown |
5.5 |
5.5 |
5.8 |
5.8 |
6.3 |
7.1 |
| CT of head | ||||||
| Present |
74.8 |
77.3 |
76.8 |
79.4 |
81.8 |
83.2 |
| Absent |
19.6 |
17.2 |
17.4 |
14.8 |
11.9 |
9.6 |
| Unknown |
5.5 |
5.5 |
5.8 |
5.8 |
6.3 |
7.1 |
| Incision of cerebral meninges | ||||||
| Present |
1.4 |
2.2 |
3.5 |
4.2 |
6.0 |
2.1 |
| Absent |
93.1 |
92.3 |
90.7 |
90.0 |
87.6 |
90.7 |
| Unknown |
5.5 |
5.5 |
5.8 |
5.8 |
6.3 |
7.1 |
| Insertion of a tracheostomy tube | ||||||
| Present |
15.6 |
13.7 |
14.6 |
9.2 |
7.5 |
3.7 |
| Absent |
78.9 |
80.8 |
79.6 |
85.0 |
86.1 |
89.2 |
| Unknown |
5.5 |
5.5 |
5.8 |
5.8 |
6.3 |
7.1 |
| Insertion of indwelling catheter | ||||||
| Present |
15.2 |
14.6 |
17.1 |
16.6 |
17.1 |
19.1 |
| Absent |
79.3 |
79.8 |
77.1 |
77.6 |
76.5 |
73.8 |
| Unknown |
5.5 |
5.5 |
5.8 |
5.8 |
6.3 |
7.1 |
| ICP monitoring | ||||||
| Present |
1.2 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
| Absent |
93.3 |
93.3 |
93.0 |
93.9 |
93.5 |
92.7 |
| Unknown |
5.5 |
5.5 |
5.8 |
5.8 |
6.3 |
7.1 |
| MRI of the brain | ||||||
| Present |
1.9 |
2.4 |
4.7 |
6.4 |
7.1 |
5.9 |
| Absent |
92.5 |
92.1 |
89.5 |
87.8 |
86.6 |
86.9 |
| Unknown |
5.5 |
5.5 |
5.8 |
5.8 |
6.3 |
7.1 |
| Open reduction of fracture | ||||||
| Present |
8.9 |
7.9 |
7.5 |
4.6 |
4.6 |
2.4 |
| Absent |
85.5 |
86.5 |
86.7 |
89.6 |
89.1 |
90.5 |
| Unknown |
5.5 |
5.5 |
5.8 |
5.8 |
6.3 |
7.1 |
| Other craniotomy | ||||||
| Present |
2.3 |
2.7 |
2.7 |
2.9 |
3.5 |
1.6 |
| Absent |
92.1 |
91.8 |
91.5 |
91.3 |
90.2 |
91.2 |
| Unknown |
5.5 |
5.5 |
5.8 |
5.8 |
6.3 |
7.1 |
| Other CT | ||||||
| Present |
50.7 |
51.5 |
51.9 |
51.7 |
45.0 |
45.6 |
| Absent |
43.8 |
42.9 |
42.2 |
42.5 |
48.7 |
47.3 |
| Unknown |
5.5 |
5.5 |
5.8 |
5.8 |
6.3 |
7.1 |
| Other X-ray | ||||||
| Present |
8.7 |
9.1 |
9.3 |
8.1 |
6.6 |
6.6 |
| Absent |
85.8 |
85.4 |
84.9 |
86.0 |
87.1 |
86.3 |
| Unknown |
5.5 |
5.5 |
5.8 |
5.8 |
6.3 |
7.1 |
| Routine chest X-ray | ||||||
| Present |
15.7 |
16.4 |
19.1 |
20.3 |
18.5 |
20.0 |
| Absent |
78.8 |
78.0 |
75.0 |
73.8 |
75.2 |
72.8 |
| Unknown |
5.5 |
5.5 |
5.8 |
5.8 |
6.3 |
7.1 |
| Transfusion | ||||||
| Present |
4.0 |
4.8 |
6.1 |
8.0 |
10.8 |
9.1 |
| Absent |
90.5 |
89.6 |
88.0 |
86.2 |
82.9 |
83.8 |
| Unknown |
5.5 |
5.5 |
5.8 |
5.8 |
6.3 |
7.1 |
| Venous catheterization | ||||||
| Present |
12.4 |
15.1 |
18.3 |
22.6 |
22.3 |
20.6 |
| Absent |
82.1 |
79.4 |
75.9 |
71.5 |
71.3 |
72.3 |
| Unknown | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 7.1 |
a
(n=200,404).
CT, computed tomography; ICP, intracranial pressure; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.