Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on road traffic collision injury patterns and severity in Al-Ain City, United Arab Emirates

Table 4 Severity markers of hospitalized patients involved with road traffic collision during the periods of March 2019-February 2021 in those who survived (n = 1210) and those who died (n = 39), Al-Ain City, United Arab Emirates

Variable	Alive n = 1210	Dead n = 39	p value
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	130.9 (20.1)	85.26 (63.5)	0.003
Respiratory rate/minute	20 (3.6)	14.1 (12.6)	0.02
Pulse (beat per minute)	94.28 (19.1)	78.17 (65.8)	0.99
GCS	15 (3–15)	3 (3–14)	< 0.0001
ISS	5 (1–45)	25 (9–75)	< 0.0001
ICU admission	159 (13.1)	10 (25.6)	0.03
ICU stay (days)	1.16 (4.6)	2.54 (5.4)	0.02

GCS Glasgow Coma Scale, ISS Injury Severity Score, ICU Intensive Care Unit
Data are presented as mean (SD) for continuous data, median (range) for ordinal data and number (%) for categorical data
p value = Mann–Whitney U test or Fisher’s Exact test as appropriate

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