Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics of the pediatric patients admitted to King Abdulaziz Medical City following injuries (2001–2018)
| Variable | Short LOS n = 4589 |
Extended LOS n = 774 |
Total n = 5563 |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | ||||
| 0–8 | 2298 (48.0%) | 276 (35.6%) | 2574 (46.3%) | < 0.001* |
| 9–13 | 832 (17.7%) | 140 (18.1%) | 927 (17.5%) | |
| 14–18 | 1659 (34.6%) | 358 (46.25%) | 2017 (36.3%) | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 3681 (76.9%) | 588 (76.1%) | 4269 (75.8) | 0.58* |
| Female | 1108 (23.1%) | 186 (24.0%) | 1294 (23.26) | |
| Transportation mode | ||||
| Ambulance | 1382 (28.9%) | 554 (71.6%) | 1936 (34.8%) | < 0.001* |
| Private car | 3382 (70.6%) | 219 (28.3%) | 3601 (64.7%) | |
| Other | 25 (0.5%) | 1 (0.1%) | 26 (0.5%) | |
| Injury mechanism | ||||
| Burns | 572 (12.0) | 159 (20.5%) | 731 (13.1%) | < 0.001* |
| Drowning | 135 (2.8%) | 12 (1.5%) | 147 (2.6%) | |
| Falls | 1718 (35.9%) | 33 (4.3%) | 1751 (31.5%) | |
| MVCs | 1209 (25.2%) | 377 (48.7%) | 1586 (28.5%) | |
| Motorcycle crashes | 226 (4.7%) | 31 (4.0%) | 257 (4.6%) | |
| Pedestrian | 716 (15.0%) | 147 (19.0%) | 863 (15.5%) | |
| Intentional injuries | 213 (4.4%) | 15 (1.94%) | 228 (4.1%) | |
| Surgery | ||||
| Yes | 812(17.0%) | 158 (20.4%) | 970 (17.4%) | 0.02* |
| No | 3977 (83.0%) | 606 (79.6%) | 4593 (82.6%) | |
| ICU admission | ||||
| Yes | 1102 (23.0%) | 581 (75.0%) | 1682 (30.2%) | < 0.001* |
| No | 3687 (77.0%) | 194 (25.1%) | 3881 (69.8%) | |
| Trauma team activation | ||||
| Yes | 373 (7.8%) | 198 (25.6%) | 571 (10.3%) | < 0.001* |
| No | 4416 (92.2%) | 576 (74.4%) | 4992 (90.0%) | |
| Head injury | ||||
| Yes | 424 (9.1%) | 64 (8.3%) | 488 (8.9%) | 0.47 |
| No | 4255 (90.9%) | 710 (91.7%) | 4965 (91.0%) | |
| ISSa | 6.8 ± 7.5 | 15.4 ± 9.5 | 8.0 ± 8.4 | < 0.001″ |
| GCS scorea | 14.0 ± 2.7 | 10.4 ± 4.7 | 13.4 ± 3.3 | < 0.001″ |
| RTSa | 11.0 ± 2.6 | 9.9 ± 2.7 | 10.8 ± 2.7 | < 0.001″ |
LOS Length of stay, MVC Motor vehicle crash, ICU Intensive care unit, ISS Injury Severity Score, GCS Glasgow Coma Scale, RTS Revised Trauma Score
aRepresented by the mean ± standard deviation
*Chi-squared test
″t test
P values in bold are significant