Table 1. Baseline characteristics of patients alive and deceased 30 days after injury.
All patients (N = 153) |
Patients deceased within 30 days after injury (N = 31) |
Patients alive after 30 days (N = 122) |
P-value* | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Age at time of injury median (IQR) | 79 (71–84) | 79 (79–84) | 80 (71–84) | 0.57 |
Male | 45 (29) | 13 (42) | 32 (26) | 0.12 |
Low-energy trauma | 97(63) | 4 (13) | 93 (76) | <0.001 |
High-energy trauma | 56 (37) | 27 (87) | 29 (24) | <0.001 |
Fall from height | 7 (13) | 1 (3) | 6 (5) | - |
Crush injury | 1 (2) | - | 1 (1) | - |
One-sided motor vehicle/ motorcycle injury | 4 (7) | 2 (7) | 2 (1) | - |
Pedestrian/cyclist vs. motor vehicle/motorcycle | 27 (48) | 15 (48) | 12 (10) | - |
Motor vehicle/motorcycle vs. motor vehicle/motorcycle | 16 (29) | 8 (26) | 8 (7) | - |
Shot injuries | 1 (2) | 1 (3) | - | - |
Fracture classification | 0.001 | |||
Type A | 101 (66) | 12 (39) | 89 (73) | - |
Type B | 42 (28) | 11 (36) | 31 (25) | - |
Type C | 6 (4) | 6 (19) | - | - |
No Classification** | 4 (2) | 2 (6) | 2 (2) | - |
Complications <30 days | 35 (23) | 2 (7) | 23 (19) | 0.02 |
Delirium | 12 (34) | 1 (3) | 11 (9) | - |
Pneumonia | 8 (24) | 1 (3) | 7 (6) | - |
Urinary infection | 6 (17) | - | 6 (5) | - |
Urinary system | 3 (9) | - | 3 (2) | - |
Wound infection | 1 (3) | - | 1 (1) | - |
Infection (other) | 2 (5) | 1 (3) | 1 (1) | - |
Lung embolism/DVT | 2 (5) | - | 2 (1) | - |
Bleeding | 1 (3) | - | 1 (1) | - |
Nerve injury | - | - | - | - |
Unknown (e.g. patient was transferred to another hospital/institution) | 6 (4) | - | 6 (5) | - |
Highest AIS pelvis median (IQR) | 2 (2–3) | 3 (3–3) | 2 (2–2) | <0.001 |
ISS median (IQR) | 9 (4–25) | 34 (34–45) | 5 (5–13) | <0.001 |
ISS >15 | 55 (36) | 29 (93) | 26 (21) | <0.001 |
CCI median (IQR) | 5 (4–6) | 5 (5–6) | 5 (5–7) | 0.41 |
Numbers are expressed in N with the percentage in parentheses unless otherwise specified
* Statistically significant results are in bold
** Classification could not be performed due to lack of imaging