TABLE 1.
Demographics, Injury, and Outcome Characteristics for Entire Cohort (n = 2,791)
| Demographics | Injury Characteristics | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (yr) | 37 (23–53) | Injury Severity Score | 27 (19–36) |
| Sex | Severe brain injury | 1,517 (54.4) | |
| Male | 1,995 (71.5) | Severe thoracic injury | 1,407 (50.4) |
| Female | 796 (28.5) | Severe abdominal injury | 714 (25.6) |
| Race/ethnicity | Severe lower extremity injury | 914 (32.8) | |
| Caucasian | 2,236 (80.1) | Severe upper extremity injury | 342 (12.3) |
| African American | 177 (6.3) | Severe spine injury | 810 (29.0) |
| Hispanic | 206 (7.4) | Injury mechanism* | |
| Asian | 120 (4.3) | Blunt | 2,498 (89.5) |
| American Indian | 52 (1.9) | Penetrating | 266 (9.5) |
| Chronic comorbidities | Initial base deficit | 4.7 (2.6–7.4) | |
| Diabetes | 192 (6.9) | ||
| Cardiovascular | 711 (25.5) | Outcomes | |
| Respiratory | 313 (11.2) | Died | 257 (9.2) |
| Hepatic | 137 (4.9) | ICU length of stay (d) | 5 (3–12) |
| Cancer | 100 (3.6) | Hospital length of stay (d) | 14 (8–24) |
| VAP | 554 (19.8) |
These data are for the entire cohort. Continuous data are presented as medians (25th–75th percentile), and categorical data are indicated as total for the entire cohort (percentages). Severe traumatic brain, thoracic, abdominal, and extremity injuries refer to the number of patients with Abbreviated Injury Scale scores ≥3 in the indicated body region.
*
Twenty-seven patients with other/combined mechanism of injury.