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. 2022 Oct 20;4(10):e0778. doi: 10.1097/CCE.0000000000000778

TABLE 1.

Clinical Features and Outcomes of Adult and Elderly Trauma Patients Initially Admitted to an ICU

Characteristics Total (n = 48,340) Adult (n = 24,397) Elderly (n = 23,943) p
Demographic characteristics
 Female sex, n (%) 19,334 (40.00) 6,824 (27.97) 12,510 (52.25) < 0.001
Charlson Comorbidity Index, median (IQR) 3 (0–5) 0 (0–2) 4 (4–5) < 0.001
Injury mechanism
 Blunt, n (%) 46,564 (96.33) 22,746 (93.23) 23,818 (99.48) < 0.001
 Penetrating, n (%) 1,606 (3.32) 1,524 (6.25) 82 (0.34) < 0.001
 Burn, n (%) 170 (0.35) 127 (0.52) 43 (0.18) < 0.001
Injury severity
 Injury Severity Score, median (IQR) 12 (9,17) 14 (9,19) 10 (9,17) < 0.001
Trauma and Injury Severity Score, median (IQR) 0.965 (0.939–0.983) 0.983 (0.952–0.993) 0.959 (0.934–0.968) < 0.001
Clinical outcomes
 Unplanned ICU readmission, n (%) 1,826 (3.78) 687 (2.82) 1,139 (4.76) < 0.001
 Hospital mortality, n (%) 1,073 (2.22) 196 (0.80) 877 (3.66) < 0.001
Hospital length of stay among survivors, median (IQR) 5 (3–9) 5 (3–10) 5 (3–8) < 0.001

IQR = interquartile range.