BMC Emergency Medicine

Table 1 Patients demographics and baseline characteristics

From: Impact of establishing a level-1 trauma center for lower extremity trauma: a 4-year experience

Variables		n	%
Group	2014‒2015	145	53.1
Group	2017‒2018	128	46.9
Sex	Female	58	21.2
Sex	Male	216	78.8
Age^a		47.62	20.02
Height^a		166.27	13.83
Weight^a		65.96	14.41
BMI^a		23.50	3.42
Cause of injury	Out car TA	84	30.9
	In car TA	53	19.5
	Fall down	45	16.5
	Contusion	36	13.2
	Motorcycle	54	19.9
DM		38	13.9
HTN		60	21.9
Others Comorbidities		35	12.9
Intubation		58	21.2
Transfusion		152	56.5
E-fast		85	31.0
ICU care		147	53.8
Combined injury	Orthopedic	271	44.9
	Neurosurgical	32	5.3
	Soft tissue injury	169	28.0
	Intra-organ injury	36	6.0
	Medical problem	68	11.3
	Others	27	4.5
Injury location	Foot	129	36.5
	Lower leg	182	51.6
	Thigh	42	11.9

^amean ± SD
BMI Body mass index, ICU Intensive care unit, E-fast Extended Focused Abdominal Sonography for Trauma, TA Traffic accident, DM Diabetes mellitus, HTN Hypertension

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