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Table 1 The demographic and clinical data for the injured patients with or without intubation before hospitalization (600 patients per group)

From: Prehospital intubation of the moderately injured patient: a cause of morbidity? A matched-pairs analysis of 1,200 patients from the DGU Trauma Registry

 

Not intubated

Intubated

Total

P value

Patients (no.)

600

600

1,200

 

Age in years (MV, SD)

39.5 ± 17.3

38.6 ± 16.9

38.8 ± 17.1

0.69

Male (%)

79

79

79

1.00

ISS (MV, SD)

15.1 ± 4.9

15.1 ± 5.0

15.05 ± 5.0

0.77

Blunt trauma (%)

95.8

93.5

94.7

0.72

AIS head 1 to 3 (%)

20.2

20.2

20.2

1.00

AIS face 1 to 3 (%)

1.3

4.3

2.8

0.21

AIS thorax 1 to3 (%)

46.8

46.8

46.8

1.00

AIS abdomen 1 to 3 (%)

7.5

7.5

7.5

1.00

AIS extremities, including pelvis 1 to 3 (%)

51.2

51.2

51.2

1.00

AIS soft tissue 1 to 3 (%)

0.3

0.3

0.3

1.00

Prehospital respiratory rate (MV, SD)

16.6 ± 4.3

16.5 ± 5.1

16.6 ± 4.7

0.13

Prehospital blood pressure, mm Hg (MV, SD)

128.8 ± 23.2

124.5 ± 26.9

126.7 ± 25.2

≤ 0.009

Prehospital heart rate (MV, SD)

91.1 ± 16.7

96 ± 20.2

93.5 ± 18.7

≤ 0.001

TRISS survival prognosis (%)

98.6

98.5

98.6

0.41

  1. Values shown as mean ± standard deviation or percentage of the group. AIS, abbreviated injury scale; ISS, injury severity score; MV, mean value; SD, standard deviation; TRISS, trauma and injury severity score.