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Table 5 Predictors of long term survival in severely injured elderly trauma patients

From: Looking beyond discharge: clinical variables at trauma admission predict long term survival in the older severely injured patient

 

Adjusted hazard ratio

95% confidence interval

P value

Age

1.044

1.022-1.065

<0.0001

Fall as mechanism of injury

1.90

1.181-3.057

<0.01

Low GCS in ED

0.883

0.845-0.924

<0.0001

Creatinine in ED

1.003

1.000-1.005

0.03

Discharge to ALF

0.315

0.214-0.463

<0.0001

  1. GCS–Glasgow coma scale; ED–emergency department; ALF–assisted living facility.
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World Journal of Emergency Surgery

ISSN: 1749-7922