Table 2.

Complications at state designated trauma centers

Complications	Total	State Level I	State Level II	P
	Higher at Level 1
PE	Total #	128	22	0.001
	Percentage	0.34	0.25
PNA	Total #	748	158	<0.0004
	Percentage	1.97	1.82
Severe sepsis	Total #	165	3	<0.0001
	Percentage	0.43	0.03
OSSI	Total #	53	7	0.007
	Percentage	0.14	0.08
DU	Total #	162	25	<0.0003
	Percentage	0.43	0.29
ECS	Total #	129	19	<0.0002
	Percentage	0.34	0.22
UTI	Total #	794	90	<0.0002
	Percentage	2.09	1.03
ARDS	Total #	449	22	<0.0005
	Percentage	1.18	0.25
Unplanned intubation	Total #	148	19	<0.0006
	Percentage	0.39	0.22
Unplanned return to the OR	Total #	85	9	<0.0004
	Percentage	0.22	0.10
Unplanned return to the ICU	Total #	139	19	<0.0003
	Percentage	0.37	0.22
Cardiac arrest with resuscitative efforts	Total #	276	29	<0.0009
	Percentage	0.73	0.33
AKI	Total #	311	31	<0.0007
	Percentage	0.82	0.36
CRBSI	Total #	90	11	<0.0007
	Percentage	0.24	0.13
Drug or alcohol withdrawal syndrome	Total #	257	25	<0.0001
	Percentage	0.68	0.29
Graft/prosthesis/flap failure	Total #	20	2	0.04
	Percentage	0.05	0.02
MI	Total #	103	13	<0.0003
	Percentage	0.27	0.15
Osteomyelitis	Total #	15	0	0.01
	Percentage	0.04	0.00
Stroke/CVA	Total #	192	20	<0.0004
	Percentage	0.51	0.23

MI: Myocardial infarction, CRBSI: Catheter-related bloodstream infection, AKI: Acute kidney injury, CA: Cardiac arrest, ARDS: Acute respiratory distress syndrome, UTI: Urinary tract infection, ECS: Extremity compartment syndrome, DU: Decubitus ulcer, OSSI: Organ/ space surgical site infection, PNA: Pneumonia, PE: Pulmonary embolism, ICU: Intensive care unit, OR: Operation room, CVA: Cerebrovascular accident