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