TABLE 1.

Characteristics of patients.

	Blush n = 13	No blush n = 70	P-values
Age, years	36 (26–79)	38 (22–53)	0.302
Male, n (%)	10 (77)	50 (71)	0.690
Cause of injury, n (%)
Fall	6 (46)	23 (33)	0.689
Traffic accident	7 (54)	40 (57)
Other	0 (0)	7 (10)
Glasgow coma scale	8 (3–11)	13 (6–15)	0.079
sBP, mmHg	111 (85–138)	117 (94–134)	0.408
Heart rate, bpm	113 (105–125)	96 (81–120)	0.481
Body temperature, °C	35.5 (35.4–36.3)	36.4 (35.7–36.9)	0.430
Pulmonary SOFA score in ER	2 (2–2)	2 (1–2)	0.048
Injury severity score	45 (29–48)	30 (25–38)	0.005
Abbreviated injury score
Head/neck	4 (1–5)	3 (0–4)	0.175
Face	0 (0–2)	0 (0–0)	0.263
Chest	4 (4–4)	4 (4–4)	0.460
Abdomen	2 (2–4)	2 (0–2)	0.043
Extremity/pelvic	2 (1–3)	2 (0–3)	0.452
External	1 (0–1)	1 (0–1)	0.463

sBP, systolic blood pressure; bpm, beats per minute; SOFA, sequential organ failure assessment; ER, emergency room.