Thoracic trauma severity contributes to differences in intensive care therapy and mortality of severely injured patients: analysis based on the TraumaRegister DGU®

Table 3 Influence of thoracic trauma severity on mechanical ventilation and ICU/hospital stay in all patients

	Controls	AIS-2	AIS-3	AIS-4	AIS-5/6
Mechanical ventilation/intubation	2708 (62.7%)	1199 (65.4%)	5003 (66.7%)	3525 (71.9%)	1499 (81.1%)
Length of mechanical ventilation	3.9 ± 9.9 [1]	4.6 ± 9.7 [1]	5.2 ± 9.8 [1]	7.1 ± 11.4 [2]	8.1 ± 12.9 [2]
Length of ICU stay	8.1 ± 12.7 [4]	9.3 ± 13.7 [5]	9.8 ± 12.3 [5]	11.7 ± 13.9 [7]	12.6 ± 16.4 [7]
Length of hospital stay	28.1 ± 27.2 [21]	28.4 ± 27.2 [21]	26.5 ± 24.1 [20]	25.5 ± 23.6 [20]	23.4 ± 24.2 [18]

Number of patients and percentages requiring mechanical ventilation during their ICU stay. Length of mechanical ventilation, ICU stay, and hospital stay in days (mean ± SD); [median]. Subgroups according to the AIS_Thorax (0 + 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 + 6)

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