Skip to main content

Table 4 Surgical and hemostatic procedures performed within 24 hours and before discharge from hospital according to mode of transport.

From: Impact of emergency medical helicopter transport directly to a university hospital trauma center on mortality of severe blunt trauma patients until discharge

  

all patients;

number(%)

number = 1,958

HMICU;

number(%)

number = 516

GMICU; number(%)

number = 1,442

P

Total surgical procedures

within 24 hours

909 (46.4%)

252 (48.8%)

657 (45.6%)

0.20

 

overall

1,414 (72.2%)

397 (76.9%)

1,017 (70.5%)

0.005

Head procedure

     

   Craniotomy

within 24 hours

overall

98 (5.0%)

126 (6.4%)

24 (4.7%)

29 (5.6%)

74 (5.1%)

97 (6.7%)

0.67

0.38

   ICP/EVD

within 24 hours

overall

-

329 (16,8%)

-

111 (21.5%)

-

218 (15.1%)

<0.001

   Face surgery

within 24 hours

overall

70 (3.6%)

198 (10.1%)

23 (4.5%)

66 (12.8%)

47 (3.3%)

132 (9.2%)

0.21

0.019

Thoracic surgery

     

   thoracotomy

within 24 hours

36 (1.8%)

7 (1.4%)

29 (2.0%)

0.34

 

overall

46 (2.4%)

11 (2.1%)

35 (2.4%)

0.71

   chest tube

within 24 hours

overall

-

330 (16.9%)

-

95 (18.4%)

-

235 (16.3%)

-

0.27

Abdominal surgery

within 24 hours

162 (8.3%)

46 (8.9%)

116 (8.0%)

0.54

 

overall

219 (11.2%)

69 (13.4%)

150 (10.4%)

0.067

Spine stabilization

within 24 hours

overall

130 (6.6%)

176 (9.0%)

52 (10.1%)

68 (13.2%)

78 (5.4%)

108 (7.5%)

<0.001

<0.001

Bone limb fixation

within 24 hours

overall

574 (29.3%)

654 (33.4%)

140 (27.1%)

168 (32.6%)

434 (30.1%)

486 (33.7%)

0.21

0.64

Wound surgery

overall

364 (18.6%)

97 (18.8%)

267 (18.5%)

0.89

Other surgery

overall

42 (2.2%)

17 (3.3%)

25 (1.7%)

0.036

Pelvic stabilization

within 24 hours

overall

35 (1.8%)

53 (2.7%)

6 (1.2%)

13 (2.5%)

29 (2.0%)

40 (2.8%)

0.22

0.76

Angiography

     

   alone

within 24 hours

overall

-

71 (3.6%)

-

21 (4.1%)

-

50 (3.5%)

-

0.53

   with embolization

within 24 hours

overall

-

123 (6.3%)

-

32 (6.2%)

-

91 (6.3%)

-

0.93

Total hemostatic procedures

Within 24 hours

228 (11.6%)

61 (11.8%)

167 (11.6%)

0.89

 

overall

279 (14.3%)

81 (15.7%)

198 (13.7%)

0.28

  1. EVD, external ventricular derivation; GMICU, ground mobile intensive care unit; HMICU, helicopter mobile intensive care unit; ICP, intracanial pressure.