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. 2016 Mar 24;13(4):357. doi: 10.3390/ijerph13040357

Table 1.

Demographic and injury characteristics of hospitalized trauma patients.

Variables EMS RSI ≥ 1 ED RSI < 1 n = 85 (II) EMS RSI < 1 ED RSI ≥ 1 n = 98 (III) EMS RSI < 1 ED RSI < 1 n = 47 (IV) EMS RSI ≥ 1 ED RSI ≥ 1 n = 3485 (I) OR (95%CI) p OR (95%CI) p OR (95%CI) p
II vs. I III vs. I IV vs. I
Age 36.6 ± 13.5 39.2 ± 15.5 38.9 ± 12.5 41.9 ± 14.4 - 0.001 - 0.071 - 0.158
Gender 0.021 0.690 0.011
Male 60 (70.6) 55 (56.1) 36 (76.6) 2026 (58.1) 1.7 (1.1–2.8) 0.9 (0.6–1.4) 2.4 (1.2–4.7)
Female 25 (29.4) 43 (43.9) 11 (23.4) 1459 (41.9) 0.6 (0.4–0.9) 1.1 (0.7–1.6) 0.4 (0.2–0.8)
GCS 12.4 ± 3.8 14.2 ± 2.1 13.0 ± 3.3 14.3 ± 2.1 - <0.001 - 0.669 - <0.001
≤8 16 (18.8) 5 (5.1) 7 (14.9) 148 (4.2) 5.2 (3.0–9.2) <0.001 1.2 (0.5–3.0) 0.680 3.9 (1.7–9.0) <0.001
9–12 13 (15.3) 5 (5.1) 5 (10.6) 156 (4.5) 3.9 (2.1–7.1) <0.001 1.1 (0.5–2.9) 0.768 2.5 (1.0–6.5) 0.044
≥13 56 (65.9) 88 (89.8) 35 (74.5) 3181 (91.3) 0.2 (0.1–0.3) <0.001 0.8 (0.4–1.6) 0.609 0.3 (0.1–0.5) <0.001
AIS
Head/Neck 39 (45.9) 32 (32.7) 22 (46.8) 1074 (30.8) 1.9 (1.2–2.9) 0.003 1.1 (0.7–1.7) 0.698 2.0 (1.1–3.5) 0.019
Face 19 (22.4) 21 (21.4) 11 (23.4) 734 ( (21.1) 1.1 (0.6–1.8) 0.773 1.0 (0.6–1.7) 0.930 1.1 (0.6–2.3) 0.696
Thorax 29 (34.1) 23 (23.5) 23 (48.9) 477 (13.7) 3.3 (2.1–5.2) <0.001 1.9 (1.2–3.1) 0.006 6.0 (3.4–10.8) <0.001
Abdomen 21 (24.7) 10 (10.2) 19 (40.4) 237 (6.8) 4.5 (2.7–7.5) <0.001 1.6 (0.8–3.0) 0.190 9.3 (5.1–16.9) <0.001
Extremity 54 (63.5) 72 (73.5) 33 (70.2) 2585 (74.2) 0.6 (0.4–1.0) 0.027 1.0 (0.6–1.5) 0.875 0.8 (0.4–1.5) 0.538
ISS 15.1 ± 11.1 10.5 ± 7.1 15.8 ± 11.3 8.9 ± 6.9 - <0.001 - 0.026 - <0.001
<16 48 (56.5) 76 (77.6) 23 (48.9) 2794 (80.2) 0.3 (0.2–0.5) <0.001 0.9 (0.5–1.4) 0.522 0.2 (0.1–0.4) <0.001
16–24 16 (18.9) 16 (6.1) 14 (29.8) 483 (13.9) 1.4 (0.8–2.5) 0.192 1.2 (0.7–2.1) 0.487 2.6 (1.4–5.0) 0.002
≥25 21 (24.7) 6 (6.1) 10 (21.3) 208 (6.0) 5.2 (3.1–8.6) <0.001 1.0 (0.5–2.4) 0.949 4.3 (2.1–8.7) <0.001
NISS 17.8 ± 14.4 12.3 ± 8.3 16.7 ± 12.6 10.5 ± 8.5 - <0.001 - 0.036 - <0.001
TRISS 0.953 ± 0.213 0.980 ± 0.142 0.957 ± 0.204 0.991 ± 0.093 - <0.001 - 0.233 - 0.016
Mortality 11 (12.9) 1 (1.0) 2 (4.3) 32 (0.9) 16.0 (7.8–33.0) <0.001 1.1 (0.2–8.2) 0.917 4.8 (1.1–20.6) 0.020
ISS - - - - 5.8 (2.3–14.4) <0.001 1.0 (1.0–1.1) 0.053 1.1 (1.1–1.1) <0.001