Epidemiology | < 65 years n = 28,502 (59.8%) | 65–74 years n = 6,156 (12.9%) | ≥ 75 years n = 13,003 (27.3%) | Total n = 47,661 |
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n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
Age, years, mean ± SD | 40.8 ± 14.6 | 69.6 ± 2.9 | 83.6 ± 5.7 | 56.2 ± 22.5 |
Sex, male | 20,794 (73.0) | 3,430 (55.7) | 4,936 (38.0) | 29,200 (61.3) |
Comorbidities, ≥ 1 | 8,870 (31.1) | 4,432 (55.8) | 8,940 (69.8) | 21,242 (45.6) |
Missing data | 3,228 (11.3) | 379 (6.2) | 517 (4.0) | 4,134 (8.7) |
Transfer from another hospital | 7,624 (26.7) | 1,716 (27.9) | 2,452 (18.9) | 11,792 (24.7) |
Trauma mechanism | ||||
Motor vehicle collision | 10,984 (38.5) | 1,117 (18.1) | 1217 (9.4) | 13,318 (27.9) |
Fall | 10,787 (37.9) | 4,497 (73.1) | 11,264 (86.6) | 26,548 (55.7) |
Penetrating | 2,336 (8.2) | 110 (1.8) | 69 (0.5) | 2,515 (5.3) |
Other | 4,395 (15.4) | 432 (7.0) | 453 (3.5) | 5,280 (11.1) |
Emergency department clinical assessment | ||||
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg | 131.3 (23.5) | 141.8 (27.3) | 147.9 (27.6) | 136.6 (26.9) |
Missing data | 741 (1.6) | 90 (0.2) | 140 (0.3) | 981 (2.1) |
Glasgow coma scale | ||||
13–15 | 12,518 (43.9) | 2,891 (47.0) | 6,714 (51.6) | 22,123 (46.4) |
9–12 | 914 (3.2) | 163 (2.6) | 357 (2.7) | 1,434 (3) |
≤ 8 | 2,194 (7.7) | 380 (6.2) | 636 (4.9) | 3,210 (6.8) |
Missing data | 12,876 (45.2) | 2,722 (44.2) | 5,296 (40.7) | 20,894 (43.8) |
Severe TBI, n (%) | 1303 (2.73) | 212 (0.44) | 270 (0.56) | 1785 (3.74) |
Injury severity score, median [IQR] | 10 [5–20] | 9 [5–20] | 9 [4–16] | 9 [5–18] |
> 12 | 12,768 (44.8) | 2,718 (44.1) | 4,381 (33.7) | 19,867 (41,68) |
Missing data | 39 (0.1) | 5 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 44 (0.1) |
Total time in the ED, hours | 7.6 [3.8–17.3] | 11.8 [5.2–24.8] | 20 [8.3–34] | 10.4 [4.7–23] |
In-hospital length, days | 7 [4–14] | 10 [5–19] | 13 [7–24] | 9 [4–18] |
ICU admission | 8,993 (31.6) | 1,855 (30.1) | 2,525 (19.4) | 13,373 (28.1) |
In-hospital mortality | 1,121 (3.9) | 496 (8.1) | 1,527 (11.7) | 3,144 (6.6) |
Time between trauma and death, days | 3.2 [1.2–9.2] | 5 [1.5.2–15.7] | 7.4 [2.7–17.5] | 5.3 [1.9–14.3] |