Table 7.
A comparison of WOCO survivors and non-survivors
| Patient Characteristics | Unweighted (n) | Weighted (n)† | Survival 15(37) |
Dead 569(581) |
p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 0.09 | ||||
| < 55 | 287 | 301 | 37.9 | 49.4 | |
| 55–64 | 71 | 83 | 31.7 | 12.3 | |
| 65–74 | 76 | 78 | 5.9 | 13.1 | |
| 75–84 | 149 | 155 | 24.4 | 25.1 | |
| Charlson Co-morbidity Score | <0.001 | ||||
| 0 | 336 | 350 | 28.1 | 58.5 | |
| 1 | 89 | 104 | 52.2 | 14.6 | |
| 2 | 55 | 57 | 8.4 | 9.3 | |
| 3 or more | 103 | 106 | 11.3 | 17.6 | |
| Maximum AIS Score (SD) | 583 | 618 | 4.2 (1.7) | 4.4 (0.8) | 0.01 |
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| Abnormal pupillary responses in ED | 301 | 310 | 15.0 | 52.5 | 0.01 |
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| First ED GCS Motor Score | <0.001 | ||||
| 6 | 135 | 157 | 71.0 | 22.5 | |
| 4–5 | 85 | 88 | 10.9 | 14.4 | |
| 2–3 | 34 | 35 | 0 | 6.0 | |
| 1 (Not Chemically Paralyzed) | 175 | 179 | 11.9 | 30.1 | |
| Chemically Paralyzed | 154 | 159 | 6.2 | 27.1 | |
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| Midline shift on initial CT scan of the head | 242 | 248 | 10.6 | 42.0 | 0.01 |
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| Number of consultants | 0.04 | ||||
| 0 | 277 | 284 | 17.8 | 47.8 | |
| 1 | 134 | 151 | 40.9 | 23.4 | |
| 2 | 80 | 87 | 25.3 | 13.3 | |
| >=3 | 92 | 96 | 16.0 | 15.4 | |
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| Admitted in ICU | 537 | 568 | 88.4 | 92.3 | 0.02 |
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| Multiple organ failure | 23 | 24 | 0 | 4.1 | <0.001 |
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| Cardiovascular | 83 | 84 | 0 | 14.5 | <0.001 |
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| Stroke | 28 | 29 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 0.55 |
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| Renal failure | 52 | 52 | 0 | 9.0 | <0.001 |
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| Length of stay mean(SD) | 583 | 618 | 17.4 (17.7) | 7.8 (13.3) | 0.01 |