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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics

From: Correlation between modified LEMON score and intubation difficulty in adult trauma patients undergoing emergency surgery

Variables

Overall

Group ND (n = 96)

Group D (n = 18)

P

Age (year)

53 [38–61]

52 [18–83]

56 [19–84]

0.492

Sex (male %)

87 (76.3%)

73 (76.0%)

14 (77.8%)

0.874

Height (cm)

168.0 [162.8–175.0]

168.5 [163.0–175.0]

168.0 [159.5–174.3]

0.969

Weight (kg)

68.5 [57.0–75.0]

68.0 [57.0–75.0]

70.0 [57.3–75.8]

0.676

BMI (kg/m2)

23.4 [21.1–25.1]

23.3 [21.0–25.1]

24.0 [22.3–25.7]

0.616

Type of injury

 Head and neck

34 (29.8%)

28 (29.2%)

6 (33.3%)

0.728

 Chest

7 (6.1%)

6 (6.2%)

1 (5.6%)

0.923

 Abdomen

7 (6.1%)

5 (5.2%)

2 (11.1%)

0.341

 Spine

10 (8.8%)

8 (8.3%)

2 (11.1%)

0.701

 Pelvis

4 (3.5%)

4 (4.2%)

0 (0%)

0.378

 Extremities

52 (45.6%)

45 (46.9%)

7 (38.9%)

0.534

  1. Data are expressed as medians [IQRs] or numbers (%)
  2. Group ND: patients show intubation difficulty score ≤ 4
  3. Group D: patients show intubation difficulty score > 5
  4. Head and neck injury includes trauma to the head, facial area, and cervical spine
  5. Spine injury indicates injury of thoracic and lumbar vertebra with/without neurologic complication
  6. BMI body mass index