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. 2021 Dec 7;25:420. doi: 10.1186/s13054-021-03845-6

Table 2.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients in the derivation set distributed by 30-day mortality

Variable Survivors
N = 5226
Non-survivors
N = 750
p value
Age (groups) < 0.001
 < 50 56.9 30.8
 50–65 22.8 18.1
 65–75 11.7 19.7
 > 75 8.6 31.3
Sex (% male) 78.7 71.7 < 0.001
PRECOAG 11.3 30.4 < 0.001
Pre-hospital attention 75.6 79.7 0.014
Pre-hospital intubation 20.7 54.8 < 0.001
High Risk mechanism 34.5 63.1 < 0.001
Mechanism penetrant 6.0 4.3 0.054
PUPILS < 0.001
 Normal 93.8 52.7
 Unilateral mydriasis 5.3 19.6
 Bilateral mydriasis 0.9 27.7
GCS ≤ 8 (%) 18.6 65.9 < 0.001
MAIS-Head 37.3 72.4 < 0.001
MAIS-Thorax 39.6 34.4 0.006
MAIS-Abdomen 12.1 11.5 0.601
MAIS-Ext Upper 2.8 1.7 0.082
MAIS-Ext Lower 18.2 14.4 0.011
MAIS-External 1.0 2.0 0.010
Haemodynamic failure 17.5 57.1 < 0.001
Respiratory failure 9.4 26.4 < 0.001
Coagulopathy 12.6 37.5 < 0.001
Mechanical ventilation 45.0 82.8 < 0.001
Massive haemorrhage 5.0 16.8 < 0.001

Values expressed as percentages

PRECOAG, prior treatment with antiplatelets or anticoagulants; GCS, Glasgow Coma Score; AIS, Abbreviated Injury Scale; MAIS, AIS ≥ 3; p value, calculated using chi-square test