Table 1:
Patient and Injury Characteristics
Variable | Value (n = 1204) |
---|---|
Male sex | 800 (66.4) |
Mean age ± SD (y) | 45 ± 22 |
Mechanism of injury | |
MVC or other mode of transportation | 675 (56.1) |
Fall | 338 (28.1) |
Pedestrian | 75 (6.2) |
Assault | 31 (2.6) |
Other | 85 (7.0) |
No. of injured vessels per patient* | |
1 | 870 (72.2) |
2 | 285 (23.7) |
3 | 31 (2.6) |
4 | 18 (1.5) |
Maximum Denver grade per patient | |
1 | 448 (37.2) |
2 | 339 (28.2) |
3 | 154 (12.8) |
4 | 247 (20.5) |
5 | 16 (1.3) |
Note.— Unless otherwise noted, values are numbers of patients, with percentages in parentheses. MVC = motor vehicle collision, SD = standard deviation.
Out of 4 (bilateral internal carotid arteries and bilateral vertebral arteries)