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Table 1 Characteristics of 1,228 trauma patients with emergency operation

From: Duration and predictors of emergency surgical operations - basis for medical management of mass casualty incidents

Characteristic

Number(Percent) or Mean ± SD

Patients in Trauma Registry

20,815

Patients fulfilling inclusion criteria

9,988

Patients with emergency operation within 6 hours (n)

1,228

Number of emergency operations

1,793

Blunt injury

1158 (94.3%)

Age (years)

37.1 ± 17.9

Male gender

868 (70.7%)

Intubation rate prehospital

922 (75.1%)

Prehospital

 

Chest tube insertion on-scene

128 (10.4%)

Pulse rate on-scene (beats/min)

99 ± 26.2

Blood pressure on-scene (mmHg)

106 ± 36.4

Shock on-scene (blood pressure < 90 mmHg)

429 (34.9%)

Prehospital infusion volume (ml)

2,079 ± 1.461

Closed chest cardiac massage on-scene

41 (3.3%)

GCS on-scene (points)

9 ± 5.0

GCS ≤ 8 on-scene

597 (48.6%)

Anisocoria on-scene

183 (14.9%)

Time from accident to hospital admission (min)

68.0 ± 33.0

Trauma room/in-hospital

 

Pulse rate on TR admission (beats/min)

95 ± 25.2

Blood pressure on TR admission (mmHg)

109 ± 34.8

Shock on TR admission (blood pressure < 90 mmHg)

368 (30.0%)

Base excess in TR

-5.1 ± 6.3

Hemoglobin concentration in TR (g/dL)

9.9 ± 3.8

Thromboplastin time in TR (%)

65.4 ± 25.6

Number of PRBC transfused until ICU

9.5 ± 11.4

Infusion volume in TR until ICU (ml)

5,246 ± 6172

Computed tomography in trauma room

799 (65.1%)

Ventilation length of time, ICU (days)

10.8 ± 14.1

ICU length of stay (days)

15.4 ± 17.1

Hospital length of stay (days)

28.2 ± 31.0

ISS (points)

36.5 ± 13.8

New ISS (points)

42.8 ± 14.2

AIS head ≥ 3

678 (55.2%)

AIS thorax ≥ 3

717 (58.4%)

AIS abdomen ≥ 3

679 (55.3%)

AIS extremities ≥ 3

578 (47.1%)

Mortality rate

381 (31.0%)

Early mortality rate (< 24 h)

192 (15.6%)

  1. GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; TR, Trauma Room; PRBC, packed red blood cells; ISS, Injury Severity Score; ICU, Intensive Care Unit; AIS, abbreviated injury scale.