Table 2 Overall clinical characteristics of patients with major trauma
Clinical characteristics | Patient data (N= 718) |
|---|---|
Mean age ± SD (years) | 40.6 ± 13.8 |
Age range (years) | 18 to 65 |
Males/females, n | 577/141 |
Mean ISS ± SD | 22.5 ± 10.0 |
   ≥ 16 to < 25, n | 413 |
   ≥ 25, n | 305 |
Injured body regions, n | Â |
   Head | 385 |
   Thorax | 424 |
   Abdomen | 249 |
   Extremities | 431 |
Number of regions injured, n | Â |
   Two | 306 |
   Three | 177 |
   All four | 37 |
Organ dysfunction, n (%) | 299 (41.6%) |
   One, n | 215 |
   Two, n | 57 |
   Three or above, n | 27 |
Sepsis, n (%) | 287 (40.0%) |
Source of infection (%) | Â |
   Respiratory tract infection | 42.5 |
   Primary bloodstream infection | 20.2 |
   Urinary tract infection | 18.3 |
   Catheter-associated infection | 9.8 |
   Wound infection | 7.1 |
   Others* | 2.1 |
Pathogens (positive blood cultures) (%) | Â |
   Gram-negative | 17.1 |
   Gram-positive | 6.3 |
   Fungi | 8.7 |
   Mixed Gram-negative and Gram-positive | 11.1 |
Negative blood cultures | 56.8 |