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Table 2 Survivorship according to injury-related indicators

From: Training to identify red flags in the acute care of trauma: who are the patients at risk for early death despite a relatively good prognosis? An analysis from the TraumaRegister DGU®

Relevant injury (AIS ≥ 3)

Survivor

Non-survivor

p value

Early deaths < 24 h

Late deaths > 24 h

p value

Head

n (%)

16,189 (25.7)

541 (39.4)

p< 0.001

109 (36.2)

432 (40.3)

p= 0.196

Thorax

n (%)

24,345 (38.6)

635 (46.3)

p< 0.001

154 (51.2)

481 (44.9)

p< 0.005

Abdomen

n (%)

6775 (10.8)

227 (16.5)

p< 0.001

75 (24.9)

152 (14.2)

p< 0.001

Pelvis (AIS ≥ 4)

n (%)

3315 (5.3)

115 (8.4)

p< 0.001

32 (10.6)

83 (7.7)

p= 0.111

Extremities

n (%)

17,155 (27.2)

429 (31.3)

p< 0.001

95 (31.6)

334 (31.2)

p= 0.901

  1. AIS Abbreviated Injury Scale