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Table 1 Baseline characteristic and clinical outcomes of the patients

From: Association between increased blood interleukin-6 levels on emergency department arrival and prolonged length of intensive care unit stay for blunt trauma

 

ICU stay > 7 days

ICU stay ≤ 7 days

 
 

(n = 48)

(n = 160)

P

Age, years

58 (43–71)

40 (20–59)

0.0002

Sex, % male

77.1

73.1

0.58

Mechanism of injury, n (%)

  

0.50

 Road injury

32 (66.7)

110 (68.8)

 

 Fall

13 (27.1)

32 (20.0)

 

 Compression/machinery

1 (2.1)

11 (6.9)

 

 Other

2 (4.2)

7 (4.4)

 

Prehospital time, min

43 (23–54)

39 (29–53)

0.17

AIS score ≥ 3, n (%)

   

 Head and neck

31 (64.6)

39 (24.4)

<0.0001

 Face

3 (6.3)

1 (0.6)

0.039

 Thorax

19 (39.6)

26 (16.3)

0.0006

 Abdomen

9 (18.8)

4 (2.5)

0.0003

 Extremity

17 (35.4)

20 (12.5)

0.0003

 External

0 (0)

0 (0)

-

ISS

26 (17–35)

7 (1–14)

<0.0001

RTS

6.4 (4.1–7.8)

7.8 (7.8–7.8)

<0.0001

TRISS Ps, %

0.75 (0.32–0.90)

0.99 (0.96–0.99)

<0.0001

Intervention, n (%)

30 (62.5)

19 (11.9)

<0.0001

 Surgical

19 (39.6)

13 (8.1)

 

 Endovascular

2 (4.2)

6 (3.8)

 

 Both

9 (18.8)

0 (0)

 

Length of ICU stay, days

14 (8–25)

2 (2–3)

<0.0001

Length of hospital stay, days

41 (19–52)

4 (2–10)

<0.0001

28-day mortality, n (%)

7 (14.6)

0 (0)

<0.0001

  1. Prehospital time was defined as the interval from the 911-call receipt to ED arrival
  2. Immediate intervention was defined as surgical or endovascular intervention for haemostasis within 24 h after hospital arrival. Data are presented as median (interquartile range). P values were calculated by using the chi-square test, Fisher exact test, or Mann–Whitney U test
  3. AIS Abbreviated Injury Scale, ISS Injury Severity Score, RTS Revised Trauma Score, TRISS Trauma Injury Severity Score, Ps probability of survival