Table 2.
Univariate analysis of long term survival
| |
Non-survivors |
Survivors |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 119) | (n = 223) | ||
| Age (mean ± SD) |
80.1 ± 9.64 |
74.2 ± 9.07 |
<0.0001 |
| Males (n, %) |
66 (55.5) |
121 (54.3) |
NS |
| MOI (n, %) | |||
| Fall |
93 (78.2) |
131 (58.7) |
<0.001 |
| MVA car |
8 (6.7) |
37 (16.6) |
0.01 |
| MVA pedestrian |
11 (9.2) |
46 (20.6) |
<0.01 |
| Assault |
3 (2.5) |
3 (1.3) |
NS |
| Burn |
2 (1.7) |
2 (0.9) |
NS |
| ISS (mean ± SD) |
21.8 ± 7.6 |
21.8 ± 6.9 |
NS |
| Probability of survival (mean ± SD) |
78.1 ± 24.65 |
84.4 ± 19.69 |
0.01 |
| Head AIS (mean ± SD) |
4.21 ± 0.765 |
3.86 ± 0.944 |
0.001 |
| GCS upon admission (mean ± SD) |
11.85 ± 4.21 |
13.73 ± 2.89 |
<0.0001 |
| Intubation (n, %) | |||
| At scene |
11 (9.2) |
5 (2.2) |
<0.01 |
| In ED |
8 (6.7) |
18 (8.1) |
NS |
| Required operation (n, %) |
38 (31.9) |
89 (39.9) |
NS |
| LOS (mean ± SD) |
20.03 ± 19.51 |
16.09 ± 16.9 |
0.05 |
| Admitted to ICU (n, %) |
62 (52.1) |
111 (49) |
NS |
| Blood transfusion (n, %) |
55 (46.2) |
104 (46.6) |
NS |
| In-hospital complications (n, %) |
23 (19.3) |
47 (21.1) |
NS |
| Discharge destination (n, %) | |||
| Rehabilitation |
18 (15.1) |
66 (29.6) |
<0.01 |
| Home |
35 (29.4) |
112 (50.2) |
<0.001 |
| Assistant living facility |
65 (54.6) |
38 (17.0) |
<0.0001 |
| Other hospital | 1 (0.8) | 7 (3.1) | NS |
MOI–mechanism of injury; ED–emergency department; LOS–length of stay; ICU–intensive care unit; SD–standard deviation; MVA–motor vehicle accident; GCS–Glasgow Coma Scale; AIS–abbreviated injury score; ISS–injury severity score; NS–not significant.