Table 3.
Overall clinical characteristics of trauma patients.
| Clinical Characteristics | Patient Data (n = 734) |
|---|---|
| Mean age ± SD, years | 41.3 ± 12.1 |
| Age range, years | 18–65 |
| Males/females, n | 591/143 |
| Mean ISS 1 ± SD | 22.3 ± 9.4 |
| ≥16 to <25, n | 435 |
| ≥25, n | 299 |
| Injured body regions, n | |
| Head | 391 |
| Thorax | 473 |
| Abdomen | 280 |
| Extremities | 436 |
| Number of regions injured, n | |
| Two | 272 |
| Three | 188 |
| All four | 66 |
| Organ dysfunction, n (%) | 374 (51.0%) |
| One, n | 258 |
| Two, n | 95 |
| Three or above, n | 21 |
| Sepsis, n (%) | 300 (40.9%) |
| Source of infection (%) | |
| Respiratory tract infection | 46.4 |
| Primary bloodstream infection | 19.6 |
| Urinary tract infection | 14.9 |
| Catheter-associated infection | 9.5 |
| Wound infection | 7.2 |
| Others 2 | 2.4 |
| Pathogens (positive blood cultures), % | |
| Gram-negative | 21.7 |
| Gram-positive | 11.3 |
| Fungi | 3.3 |
| Mixed Gram-negative and Gram-positive | 9.7 |
| Negative blood cultures | 54.0 |
1 Injury Severity Score; 2 other sites of infection included soft-tissue infection, bone infection and ear infection.