Table 2.
Demographic, injury, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of geriatric trauma patients based on gender.
| Men n = 1635 | Women n = 2797 | p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic | |||
| Race, n (%) | |||
| White | 1398 (85.6) | 2461 (88.1) | 0.02 |
| Black | 51 (3.1) | 55 (2.0) | |
| Other | 184 (11.3) | 276 (9.9) | |
| Age, Mean ± SD | 79.3 ± 8.4 | 81.9 ± 8.5 | <0.01 |
| Injury | |||
| Severity (ISS), median (IQR) | 5 (7) | 6 (5) | <0.01 |
| Head, n (%) | 459 (28.1) | 582 (20.8) | <0.01 |
| Chest, n (%) | 287 (17.6) | 382 (13.7) | <0.01 |
| Abdomen, n (%) | 71 (4.3) | 75 (2.7) | <0.01 |
| Extremity, n (%) | 781 (47.8) | 1756 (62.8) | <0.01 |
| Clinical | |||
| ED SBP, mean ± SD | 146 ± 32 | 153 ± 41 | <0.01 |
| ED Heart rate, mean ± SD | 81 ± 18 | 82 ± 16 | 0.10 |
| ED Respiratory rate, mean ± SD | 19 ± 3 | 19 ± 3 | 0.41 |
| Hematocrit, mean ± SD | 38.1 ± 12.3 | 36.7 ± 5.8 | <0.01 |
| INR, median (IQR) | 1.1 (0.3) | 1.1 (0.3) | <0.01 |
| Lactate, median (IQR) | 1.8 (1.3) | 1.6 (1) | <0.01 |
| >1 morbidity, n (%) | 322 (19.7) | 399 (14.3) | <0.01 |
| Smoking, n (%) | 99 (6.1) | 145 (5.2) | 0.03 |
| VAP—ventilator-associated pneumonia, n (%) | 7 (0.4) | 6 (0.2) | 0.10 |
| PE—pulmonary embolism, n (%) | 2 (0.1) | 3 (0.1 | 0.34 |
| DVT—deep venous thrombosis, n (%) | 18 (1.1) | 27 (0.9) | 0.11 |
| AKI—acute kidney injury, n (%) | 13 (0.8) | 20 (0.7) | 0.14 |
| Outcome | |||
| LOS (days), median (IQR) | 5 (6) | 5 (4) | 0.68 |
| Died, n (%) | 89 (5.4) | 76 (2.7) | <0.01 |
ED = emergency department, SBP = Systolic blood pressure, and INR = international normalization ratio.