Table 2: Demographic and clinical data after primary admission to a trauma center; as a function of the grade of severity of the abdominal upper GI injury.

 

Parameter

0

2

3

4 and 5

Total*

Patients [n (%)]

13,075 (96.9)

154 (1.1)

183 (1.4)

79 (0.6)

13,491 (100)

Age

[years (MW/Median(SD)]

41.4/39.0 (18.7)

43.3/40.5(20.4)

40.1/36.0 (19.0)

43.2/40.0 (17.2)

41.4/39.0 (18.7)

Male (%)

72.3

73.2

72

77.2

72.4

ISS [MW/Median(SD)]

30.5/29.0 (14.3)

28.4/25.0 (15.0)

28.5/26.0 (15.3)

37.0/34.0 (14.0)

30.5/29.0 (14.3)

GCS ≤ 8 (%)

27

23.4

25

22.6

26.9

Blunt trauma (%)

94

88.9

54.5

76.6

93.3

Blood packs 1-9 [n (%)]

2,750 (25.2)

25 (19.1)

52 (32.5)

22 (32.4)

2,849 (25.3)

Blood packs ≥ 10 [n (%)]

1,395 (12.8)

18 (13.7)

24 (15.0)

14 (20.6)

1,451 (12.9)

BP ≤ 90-preclinical [n (%)]

2,569 (26.5)

31 (25.6)

47 (33.6)

16 (29.6)

2,663 (26.6)

BP ≤ 90-ER [n (%)]

2,358 (23.1)

27 (21.6)

40 (27.2)

17 (28.3)

2,442 (23.2)

 

ER: Emergency room, BP: Blood pressure (mmHg), *all abdominal injured