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Table 1 Characteristics of patients admitted for trauma and a comparison between those with and without TBI

From: Epidemiological and clinical characteristics predictive of ICU mortality of patients with traumatic brain injury treated at a trauma referral hospital – a cohort study

Variables

Total

(n = 4798)

Without TBI

(n = 3684)

With TBI

(n = 1114)

P -value

Male sex, n (%)

3180 (66.3)

2232 (60.6)

948 (85.1)

< 0.001b

Age (years), mean ± SD

54.4 ± 23.5

57.1 ± 24.1

45.3 ± 19.1

< 0.001c

Apache II score, mean; med. (min-max)

17.2; 16 (0–59)

16.4; 15 (0–59)

20; 19 (0–49)

< 0.001d

Worst Glasgow Coma Scale score in the 1st 24 h, mean; med. (min-max)

12; 14 (3–15)

13.1; 15 (3–15)

9; 10 (3–15)

< 0.001d

SOFA score in the 1st 24 ha,

mean; med. (min -max)

4.9; 4 (0–21)

4.4; 3 (0–21)

6.5; 6 (0–18)

< 0.001d

Length of ICU stay, mean; med. (min-max)

9; 5 (0-141)

8.5; 4 (0-141)

10.8; 7 (1–90)

< 0.001d

ICU outcome, n (%)

   

< 0.001d

Discharge

4001 (83.4)

3194 (86.7)

807 (72.4)

Death

797 (16.6)

490 (13.3)

307 (27.6)

  1. a Valid n of 4221 for the total, 3247 for the group without TBI and 974 for the group with TBI
  2. b Significant, Fisher’s exact test
  3. c Significant, Student’s t test for independent samples
  4. d Significant, nonparametric Mann‒Whitney test
  5. Abbreviations: ICU, intensive care unit; TBI, traumatic brain injury; APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; SOFA, Sequential organ failure assessment
  6. p < 0.05 indicates statistical significance
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