Table 1 Descriptive statistics on age, gender, and clinical variables of patients from the HCFMUSP and UCSDMC. São Paulo-San Diego, 2006–2010
From: Performance of new adjustments to the TRISS equation model in developed and developing countries
Medical center | ||
|---|---|---|
HCFMUSP | UCSDMC | |
N (%) | N (%) | |
*Age (years), mean (SD) | 40.0 (±17.9) | 42.4 (±20.4) |
*Gender | ||
Male | 1922 (79.6) | 5876 (71.9) |
Female | 494 (20.4) | 2296 (28.1) |
*Trauma mechanism | ||
Blunt | 2141 (88.6) | 7429 (90.9) |
Penetrating | 273 (11.3) | 743 (9.1) |
No information | 2 (0.1) | – |
*External causes of morbidity and mortality | ||
Land transport accidents | 1425 (58.9) | 3238 (39.6) |
Falls | 491 (20.3) | 2712 (33.2) |
Assaults | 178 (7.4) | 1730 (21.2) |
Intentional self-harm | 86 (3.6) | 130 (1.6) |
Events with undetermined intentions | 129 (5.3) | 76 (0.9) |
Other | 78 (3.3) | 286 (3.5) |
No information | 29 (1.2) | – |
*Emergency medical service | ||
No | 211 (8.7) | 149 (1.8) |
Air | 480 (19.9) | 136 (1.7) |
Basic life support | 1183 (49.0) | 34 (0.4) |
Advanced life support | 367 (15.2) | 7803 (95.5) |
Other | 175 (7.2) | 20 (0.2) |
No information | – | 30 (0.4) |
*Surgical procedure | ||
Yes | 1204 (49.8) | 1532 (18.7) |
No | 1212 (50.2) | 6640 (81.3) |
*Admission in ICU | ||
Yes | 1198 (49.6) | 2934 (35.9) |
No | 1218 (50.4) | 5238 (64.1) |
*Survival | ||
Yes | 1994 (82.6) | 7968 (97.5) |
No | 422 (17.4) | 204 (2.5) |
*Glasgow Coma Scale | ||
3–8 | 742 (30.7) | 427 (5.2) |
9–12 | 230 (9.5) | 318 (4.0) |
13–15 | 1421 (58.8) | 7350 (89.9) |
No information | 23 (1.0) | 77 (0.9) |
*Length of hospital stay (days), mean (SD) | 10.5 (±18.0) | 3.9 (±11.1) |
*SBP (mmHg), mean (SD) | 119.3 (±40.2) | 137.9 (±27.5) |
*RR (breaths/minute), mean (SD) | 17.5 (±6.7) | 18.2 (±4.9) |
*SpO2, mean (SD) | 94.1 (±10.2) | 98.2 (±8.2) |
*RTS, mean (SD) | 6.3 (±2.3) | 7.6 (±1.0) |
*ISS, mean (SD) | 13.7 (±10.1) | 8.6 (±9.1) |
*NISS, mean (SD) | 18.1 (±12.2) | 11.3 (±12.9) |
*TRISS, mean (SD) | 86.2 (±26.2) | 96.3 (±12.4) |