From: Reality of treatment for severely injured patients: are there age-specific differences?
Group | Children (n = 2,590) | Adults (n = 2,590) | Elderly (n = 2,590) |
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Transfer from ER to (%): | |||
    OP | 39.8 | 41.2 | 27.6 |
 ICU/IMC | 49.4 | 50.8 | 60.1 |
 other hospital | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
 others | 6.2 | 3.4 | 8.2 |
 Emergency surgery (%) | 29.5 | 25.8 | 16.3 |
 Surgery (%) | 63.3 | 70.1 | 63.4 |
 Sepsis (%) | 2.1 | 4.3 | 6.4 |
 Organ failure (%) | 22.4 | 33.5 | 44.2 |
 Multiple organ failure (%) | 12.1 | 18.8 | 25.6 |
 Thrombembolic events (%) | 0.8 | 1.5 | 4.6 |
 Expected hospital mortality rate based on RISC II (%) | 6.2 | 7.0 | 20.1 |
 Died in hospital (%) | 5.6 | 7.1 | 21.5 |
 Died in the emergency room (%) | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
 Died witih 24 h after admission in hospital (%) | 3.7 | 4.0 | 9.7 |
 Died due to termination of therapy based on living will within 7 days after admission to hospital (%) [recorded from 2016] | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.5 |
Outcome (%): | |||
 Vegetative state | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
 Severe disability | 5.9 | 8.2 | 11.9 |
 Moderate disability | 17.7 | 24.9 | 31.4 |
 Good recovery | 75.4 | 65.4 | 54.4 |