Table 5.
Mortality measures by abuse
| Measure | Total (N=190) |
Abuse | Analysis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (N=35) |
No (N=155) |
Unadjusted HR (95% CI) |
p | Adjusted* HR (95% CI) |
p | ||
| Died | 38 (20.0) | 9 (25.7) | 29 (18.7) | 1.470 (0.696–3.106) | 0.3128 | 1.758 (0.209–14.77) | 0.6033 |
| Days to death | 211 ± 172 | 161 ± 174 | 222 ± 170 | ||||
| Cause of death | |||||||
| System trauma | 5 (13.2) | 1 (11.1) | 4 (13.8) | ||||
| Increased ICP | 26 (68.4) | 6 (66.7) | 20 (69.0) | ||||
| Medical complications | 2 (5.3) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (6.9) | ||||
| Other | 5 (13.2) | 2 (22.2) | 3 (10.3) | ||||
| Other causes | |||||||
| Diffuse axonal injury | 1 (20.0) | 1 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||||
| Hypoxic brain injury | 1 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (33.3) | ||||
| Intracranial hemorrhage | 1 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (33.3) | ||||
| Traumatic brain injury | 2 (40.0) | 1 (50.0) | 1 (33.3) | ||||
*
Adjusted for age, sex, weight, cause and mechanism of injury, mode of transport to study hospital, Glasgow Coma Scale, international site, AIS thorax, pre-hospital apnea and seizure, seizure complications, barbiturate, hemoglobin, lowest systolic BP, highest heart rate, highest and lowest temperature, highest blood urea nitrogen, and highest creatinine