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Table 4 In-hospital outcome

From: Increased in-hospital mortality following severe head injury in young children: results from a nationwide trauma registry

 

Age 1–3 years

Age 4–6 years

Age 7–10 years

Age 11–14 years

Age 15–17 years

Adults

Overall mortality (%)

17.8*

15.6*

7.0

10.4

9.3

13.7

Mortality AIS head >5 (%)

50.9*#

52,4*#

29.6

31.6

32.6

33.4

Low disability (GOS = 5) (%)

64.4

60.6

71.5

63.3

55.4

48.0

Severe disability (GOS 2 and 3) (%)

5.0

7.0

8.3

10.7

12.4

17.3

ICU (days, survivors)

6.0 (11.7)

4.9 (6.1)

5.5 (8.5)

5.5 (7.0)

8.3 (11.4)

8.2 (10.8)

Ventilator days (survivors)

2.5 (5.2)

2.6 (5.2)

2.7 (5.2)

3.3 (6.1)

5.2 (9.3)

5.1 (9.1)

Hospital stay (days, survivors)

13.2 (16.1)

11.6 (11.8)

12.1 (10.9)

11.7 (8.0)

17.7 (23.5)

17.0 (20.8)

Sepsis (%)

2.2

3.3

0.7

2.6

6.4

5.9

MOF (%)

16.1

18.2

17.2

15.0

19.3

23.5

SMR

      
  1. Data are presented as mean ± SD. Differences in mortality were analysed by Chi-square test: * p = 0.001 in comparison to children >6 years, # p < 0.001 in comparison to adults