Table 1 Characteristics and outcome compared between paediatric and adult trauma patients with transcatheter arterial embolisation
Variable | All patients | Paediatric patients | Adult patients | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 114) | (n = 15) | (n = 99) | ||
Male, n (%) | 79 (69) | 11 (73) | 68 (69) | 0.716 |
Age in year, (median, IQR) | 43 (22–60) | 11 (7–14) | 47 (34–64) | <0.001 |
Body weight, kg, (median, IQR) | 61 (53–69) | 39.7 (24.1–52.1) | 63.2 (54.6–69.6) | <0.001 |
Mechanism of injury, n (%) | ||||
Traffic accident | 59 (52) | 7 (47) | 52 (53) | 0.700 |
Fall from a height | 48 (42) | 5 (33) | 43 (43) | 0.460 |
Fall at same place | 1 (0.9) | 1 (7) | 0 | 0.010 |
Unspecified | 6 (5) | 2 (13) | 4 (4) | 0.133 |
Transportation from other hospitals, n (%) | 22 (19) | 10 (67) | 12 (12) | <0.001 |
Injury severity score, (median, IQR) | 29 (17–41) | 26 (10–41) | 29 (18–41) | 0.719 |
Revised trauma score, (median, IQR) | 6.66 (5.68–7.84) | 7.84 (5.82–7.84) | 6.61 (5.56–7.55) | 0.031 |
Duration of mechanical ventilation, days, (median, IQR) | 9 (3–15) | 4 (2–16.5) | 9 (3–15) | 0.468 |
Duration of ICU stay, days, (median, IQR) | 10 (4–16) | 6 (3–16) | 11 (4–16) | 0.438 |
Duration of hospital stay, days, (median, IQR) | 34 (13–63) | 19 (12–52) | 35 (13–66) | 0.303 |
In-hospital actual mortality rate, (%) | 13.2 | 6.7 | 14.1 | 0.165 |
Predicted mortality rate, (%) | 24.9 | 18.3 | 25.9 | 0.026 |
Standardised mortality ratio | 0.53 | 0.37 | 0.54 | – |