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. 2020 Sep 18;13(3):201–207. doi: 10.4103/JETS.JETS_49_19

Table 3.

Complications similar between ACS/ State Level 1 and Level 2 trauma centers

Complications Total ACS Level I ACS Level II P

ACS Level 1 and 2 TCs
PE Total # 284 92 0.05
Percentage 0.33 0.26
ECS Total # 276 96 0.27
Percentage 0.32 0.27
Drug or alcohol withdrawal syndrome Total # 724 290 0.75
Percentage 0.83 0.81
Graft/prosthesis/flap failure Total # 38 8 0.08
Percentage 0.04 0.02
Stroke/CVA Total # 210 95 0.42
Percentage 0.24 0.27

Complications Total State Level I State Level II P

Similar between state Levels 1 and 2

DVT Total # 315 121 0.61
Percentage 0.83 1.39
DSSI Total # 43 11 0.17
Percentage 0.11 0.13
SSSI Total # 59 17 0.21
Percentage 0.16 0.20

PE: Pulmonary embolism, ECS: Extremity compartment syndrome, DVT: Deep vein thrombosis, DSSI: Deep surgical site infection, SSSI: Superficial surgical site infection, TCs: Trauma centers, ACS: American College of Surgeons, CVA: Cerebrovascular accident