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Table 2 Specific injury pattern

From: Lung failure after polytrauma with concomitant thoracic trauma in the elderly: an analysis from the TraumaRegister DGU®

 

Total

18–54 y

55–64 y

65–74 y

75–84 y

≥ 85 y

AIS head ≥ 3 points (n, %)

16,226 (37.5%)

8632 (35.7%)

2402 (33.8%)

2276 (41.7%)

2132 (43.7%)

784 (46.9%)

AIS thorax ≥ 3 (n, %)

36,428 (84.1%)

19,940 (82.5%)

6191 (87.0%)

4698 (86.0%)

4202 (86.1%)

1393 (83.4%)

AIS abdomen ≥ 3 (n, %)

6835 (15.8%)

4628 (19.2%)

952 (13.4%)

671 (12.3%)

465 (9.5%)

119 (7.1%)

AIS extremity ≥ 3 (n, %)

13,409 (31.0%)

8551 (35.4%)

1971 (27.7%)

1351 (24.7%)

1154 (23.6%)

382 (31.0%)

Rib fractures

 None

10,542 (24.4%)

7757 (32.1%)

1068 (15.0%)

772 (14.1%)

682 (14.0%)

263 (15.7%)

 AIS 1

2604 (6.0%)

1575 (6.5%)

364 (5.1%)

289 (5.3%)

273 (5.6%)

103 (6.2%)

 AIS 2

4320 (10.0%)

2514 (10.4%)

679 (9.5%)

528 (9.7%)

453 (9.3%)

146 (8.7%)

 AIS 3

19,961 (46.1%)

9694 (40.1%)

3806 (53.5%)

2911 (53.3%)

2639 (54.0%)

911 (54.5%)

 AIS 4

3404 (7.9%)

1556 (6.4%)

714 (10.0%)

548 (10.0%)

449 (9.2%)

137 (8.2%)

 AIS 5

2458 (5.7%)

1064 (4.4%)

482 (6.8%)

414 (7.6%)

387 (7.9%)

111 (6.6%)

Hemothorax (n, %)

8157 (18.8%)

4289 (17.8%)

1383 (19.4%)

1122 (20.5%)

1032 (21.1%)

331 (19.8%)

Pneumothorax (n, %)

16,704 (38.6%)

10,078 (41.7%)

2721 (38.3%)

1891 (34.6%)

1567 (32.1%)

447 (26.8%)

Lung contusion (n, %)

20,461 (47.3%)

13,447 (55.7%)

2927 (41.2%)

2002 (36.7%)

1642 (33.6%)

443 (26.5%)

Lung laceration (n, %)

997 (2.3%)

689 (2.9%)

125 (1.8%)

92 (1.7%)

71 (1.5%)

20 (1.2%)

  1. AIS, abbreviated Injury Scale