TABLE 1.

Demographics and Outcomes of Pre-DCR vs. DCR Era Patients

	Pre-DCR	DCR	p
Demographic	n = 4,561	n = 2,206
Male (%)	78.63	79.65	0.43
Mechanism of injury			<0.001
Blunt (%)	60.12	68.86
GSW (%)	29.51	23.74
SW (%)	8.05	6.45
Demographic	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Age	35.99 ± 14.82	38.64 ± 16.25	<0.001
Base deficit	−5.65 ± 5.61	−5.15 ± 5.06	0.0004
Units PRBCs in 1st    24 h	3.32 ± 7.64	6.65 ± 11.04	<0.001
SBP in ECC	126.78 ± 32.35	129.66 ± 31.75	0.0006
EtOH in ECC (mg/dL)	75.85 ± 109.30	63.38 ± 103.47	0.0002
Pulse in ECC	97.94 ± 25.97	99.34 ± 24.69	0.036
Resp in ECC	19.92 ± 8.42	15.76 ± 9.90	<0.0001
TS	10.77 ± 2.33	9.86 ± 3.20	<0.0001
ISS	15.63 ± 11.63	16.79 ± 11.96	0.0002
ISS (blunt only)	17.11 ± 12.32	18.15 ± 12.53	0.009
Outcome	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Hospital LOS	14.92 ± 23.87	17.10 ± 28.38	0.0009
ICU LOS	5.95 ± 13.92	8.18 ± 12.64	<0.0001
Ventilator days	5.04 ± 12.98	5.74 ± 11.12	0.039
Number of operations	9.79 ± 9.52	11.06 ± 9.31	<0.0001
Survival (%)	86.43	85.77	0.46

SD, standard deviation; EtOH, serum alcohol level; Resp: respiratory rate; TS, Trauma Score.