Table 1 Patient characteristics
From: The role of pre-hospital blood gas analysis in trauma resuscitation
| Â | Overall | Hypertonic Saline (HS) group | Conventional fluid therapy group | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of patients | 37 | 17 (46%) | 20 (54%) | Â |
Mean patient age in years (SD) | 44 (21) | 37 (18) | 50 (22) | 0,074 |
Number of male patients (percentage) | 29 (78%) | 12 (71%) | 17 (85%) | 0,428 |
Number of female patients (percentage) | 8 (22%) | 5 (29%) | 3 (15%) | Â |
Number of patients with blunt trauma (percentage) | 33 (89%) | 15 (88%) | 18 (90%) | 1,000 |
Number of patients with penetrating trauma (percentage) | 4 (11%) | 2 (12%) | 2 (10%) | Â |
Number of patients with associated brain injury (percentage) | 9 (24%) | 5 (29%) | 4 (20%) | 0,703 |
Mean Injury Severity Score ISS (SD) | 15,1 (11,7) | 13,4 (9,5) | 16,5 (13,3) | 0,614 |
Mean Revised Trauma Score RTS (SD) | 7,343 (0,977) | 6,949 (1,302) | 7,680 (0,369) | 0,084 |
Mean Glasgow Coma Score GCS (SD) | 13,0 (3,2) | 12,6 (3,4) | 13,3 (3,1) | 0,374 |
Time interval in minutes from trauma to BE-measurement on accident site (SD) | 47 (22) | 48 (21) | 45 (23) | 0,372 |
Time interval in minutes from BE-measurement on accident site to hospital admission (SD) | 53 (27) | 60 (29) | 47 (24) | 0,106 |