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Table 2 Survivor versus non-survivor in patients admitted to hospital with ROSC (n = 2460; source: TR-DGU)

From: Survival after traumatic cardiac arrest is possible—a comparison of German patient-registries

 

Survivor

Non-survivor

p-value

n = 712

n = 1,748

Age (years)a

55 [37–69]

59 [40–76]

 < .001

Male sex

78.7%

70.7%

 < .001

Pre-injury ASA 3–4

24.9%

27.3%

.238

 Traffic

46.8%

46.9%

.92

 High fall

14.9%

14.6%

.88

 Low fall (< 3 m)

23.0%

25.8%

.15

Found in CA

31.1%

48.8%

 < .001

Injury Severity Scoreb

27.5 (18.0)

38.9 (20.3)

 < .001

Head injury (AIS 3 +)

56.5%

62.8%

 < .001

Thorax injury (AIS 3 +)

53.4%

59.8%

.004

Abdominal injury (AIS 3 +)

10.0%

14.9%

.001

Extremity injury (AIS 3 +)

21.5%

22.2%

.70

Penetrating mechanism

3.5%

4.7%

.17

Shock (sBP <  = 90) on admission

24.9%

45.3%

 < .001

CA during ER treatment

7.9%

36.6%

 < .001

Blood transfusion

16.3%

29.7%

 < .001

Emergency surgery

28.8%

25.4%

.083

Admitted to ICU

98.5%

74.7%

 < .001

LOS in hospital (days)a

21 [12–34]

1 [1–4]

 < .001

  1. AIS Abbreviated Injury Scale, ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Classification System, CA Cardiac arrest, ER Emergency room, ICU Intensive care unit, LOS Length of stay, sBP Systolic blood pressure, SD Standard deviation, TR-DGU Trauma Registry of the German Society for Trauma Surgery
  2. Continuous measurements are presented as amedian [quartiles] or bmean (SD)