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Table 1 Patient Characteristics in Development Dataset (N = 8129) and Validation Dataset (N = 8907)

From: Predictive value of quick surgical airway assessment for trauma (qSAT) score for identifying trauma patients requiring surgical airway in emergency room

Variable

Development Dataset

Validation Dataset

Surgical Airway Management

 

Surgical Airway Management

 

No

Yes

P-value

No

Yes

P-value

N (%)

8019 (98.6)

110 (1.4)

 

8801 (98.8)

106 (1.2)

 

Age, years, median (IQR)

57 (34–71)

44 (26–66)

0.001

61 (38–74)

50 (27–70)

0.006

Age group

  

0.026

  

0.056

 16–59 y

4308 (53.7)

71 (64.5)

 

4245 (48.2)

61 (57.5)

 

  ≥ 60 y

3711 (46.3)

39 (35.5)

 

4556 (51.8)

45 (42.5)

 

 Missing

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

Male sex

5678 (70.8)

91 (82.7)

0.006

6156 (69.9)

92 (86.8)

0.006

 Missing

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

Vital signs on hospital arrival, median (IQR)

 Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg

122 (90–151)

128 (105–150)

0.307

125 (93–153)

129 (96–155)

0.493

 Missing

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

0 (0)

0 (0)

 

 Heart rate, bpm

95 (78–116)

101 (80–113)

0.399

93 (77–113)

100 (80–120)

0.061

  Missing

135 (1.7)

1 (0.9)

 

143 (1.6)

4 (3.8)

 

 GCS score

8 (4–13)

8 (4–13)

0.933

8 (4–13)

7 (4–14)

0.669

  Missing

277 (0.6)

4 (0.6)

 

292 (3.3)

7 (6.6)

 

Variable

Development Dataset

Validation Dataset

Surgical Airway Management

 

Surgical Airway Management

 

No

Yes

P-value

No

Yes

P-value

Revised Trauma Score (RTS), median (IQR)

6 (5–7)

6 (4–7)

0.775

6 (5–8)

6 (5–8)

0.480

 Missing

893 (11.1)

16 (14.5)

 

969 (11.0)

19 (17.9)

 

Injury Severity Score (ISS), median (IQR)

26 (20–36)

27 (20–34)

0.803

25 (19–35)

27 (18–35)

0.618

 Missing

132 (16.4)

3 (2.7)

 

130 (1.5)

0 (0)

 

Admission to the tertiary emergency hospitals

7056 (88.0)

92 (83.6)

0.164

7675 (87.2)

86 (81.1)

0.063

Injured region, AIS score

     

 Head, median (IQR)

4 (0–5)

3 (0–4)

0.002

1 (0–1)

1 (0–1)

0.507

  AIS ≥ 2, n (%)

5417 (67.4)

64 (58.2)

0.037

5830 (66.2)

71 (67.0)

0.873

 Face, median (IQR)

0 (0–0)

1 (0–2)

<  0.001

0 (0–0)

1 (0–2)

<  0.001

  AIS ≥ 2, n (%)

1040 (13.0)

47 (42.7)

<  0.001

1237 (14.1)

44 (41.5)

<  0.001

 Neck, median (IQR)

0 (0–0)

0 (0–0)

<  0.001

0 (0–0)

0 (0–0)

<  0.001

  AIS ≥ 2, n (%)

58 (0.7)

11 (10.0)

<  0.001

64 (0.7)

8 (7.5)

<  0.001

 Chest, median (IQR)

0 (0–4)

0 (0–4)

0.882

0 (0–1)

0 (0–1)

0.539

Variable

Development Dataset

Validation Dataset

Surgical Airway Management

 

Surgical Airway Management

 

No

Yes

P value

No

Yes

P value

  AIS ≥ 2, n (%)

3750 (46.8)

50 (45.5)

0.785

4039 (45.9)

50 (47.2)

0.793

 Abdomen, median (IQR)

0 (0–0)

0 (0–0)

0.012

0 (0–0)

0 (0–0)

0.245

  AIS ≥ 2, n (%)

1853 (23.1)

14 (12.7)

0.010

1891 (21.5)

18 (17.0)

0.261

 Spine, median (IQR)

0 (0–0)

0 (0–2)

0.002

0 (0–0)

0 (0–1)

0.261

  AIS ≥ 2, n (%)

1438 (17.9)

32 (29.1)

0.003

2090 (23.7)

29 (27.4)

0.385

 Upper extremities

0 (0–1)

0 (0–1)

0.097

0 (0–1)

0 (0–0)

0.231

  AIS ≥ 2, n (%)

1623 (20.2)

27 (24.5)

0.265

1919 (21.8)

19 (17.9)

0.336

 Pelvis and lower extremities,

 median (IQR)

0 (0–3)

0 (0–2)

0.104

0 (0–0)

0 (0–0)

0.518

  AIS ≥ 2, n (%)

3043 (37.9)

33 (30.0)

0.088

3235 (36.8)

35 (33.0)

0.427

 Surface, median (IQR)

0 (0–0)

0 (0–0)

0.558

0 (0–0)

0 (0–0)

0.260

  AIS ≥ 2, n (%)

23 (0.3)

1 (0.9)

0.232

26 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

0.575

 Cervical spine, median (IQR)

3 (2–4)

3 (2–4)

0.510

0 (0–0)

0 (0–4)

0.440

  AIS ≥ 2, n (%)

652 (8.1)

24 (21.8)

<  0.001

920 (10.5)

24 (22.6)

<  0.001

  1. Data are number (%) or median (IQR). GCS Glasgow Coma Scale, AIS Abbreviated Injury Scale