Table 3.
Basic characteristics of included trauma patients
| Registry | All patients | ICU patients only | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TR-DGU | TARN | TR-DGU | TARN | |
| Number of cases | 40,638 | 64,622 | 35,803 | 11,744 |
| Age (years)a | 52.6/54 (22.3) | 62.1/68.6 (25.3) | 52.5/54 (22.3) | 51.4/50.7 (23.4) |
| Male patients | 69.6% | 53.2% | 70.2% | 71.4% |
| Pre-existing diseasesb | 18.4% | 14.7% | 18.8% | 10.4% |
| Penetrating trauma | 4.0% | 2.7% | 3.9% | 7.3% |
| Road traffic accident | 53.3% | 21.1% | 53.5% | 39.3% |
| Low fallc | 24.1% | 57.9% | 24.0% | 28.2% |
| Transportation by helicopter | 21.4% | 6.4% | 22.8% | 20.0% |
| Injury Severity Score (ISS)a | 19.9/17 (11.3) | 15.7/13 (8.8) | 20.2/17 (10.9) | 21.0/22.6 (11.9) |
| Relevant head injury (AIS ≥ 3) | 37.7% | 34.3% | 40.1% | 43.1% |
| Relevant thoracic injury (AIS ≥ 3) | 44.9% | 27.2% | 45.5% | 50.7% |
| Relevant abdominal injury (AIS ≥ 3) | 10.5% | 4.4% | 10.8% | 14.4% |
| Relevant extremity injury (AIS ≥ 3) | 28.1% | 32.3% | 27.0% | 19.5% |
| Isolated head injury (AIS head ≥ 3, else ≤ 1) | 14.3% | 25.3% | 15.1% | 21.7% |
| Treated on ICU | 88.1% | 18.2% | 100% | 100% |
| Length of stay in hospital (days)a | 16.5/12 (16.5) | 16.5/10 (21.8) | 17.5/13 (17.0) | 13/22.9 (31.3) |
| Died within 24 h | 5.8% | 2.2% | 4.3% | 3.2% |
| 30 days mortalityd | 11.7% | 9.7% | 10.8% | 17.2% |
| Hospital mortality | 12.2% | 10.7% | 11.4% | 18.5% |
aContinuous measures were presented as mean/median (standard deviation)
bTR-DGU: pre-injury ASA 3–4; TARN: Charlson Comorbidity Index 6 +
cTR-DGU: < 3 m; TARN: < 2 m
dPatients discharged after day 30 were considered as survivors