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Table 1 Demographics and clinical profile of participants critically injured in motor vehicle accidents

From: Potential impact of propofol immediately after motor vehicle accident on later symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder at 6-month follow up: a retrospective cohort study

Clinical profile and administered drugs

Propofol used

(n= 26)

Propofol not used

(n= 274)

All participants

(n= 300)

Age, years (range)

36.0 (18, 69)

36.6 (18, 65)

36.5 (18, 69)

Women, % (n)

23.1 (6)

22.3 (61)

22.3 (67)

Pain on admission, % (n)

88.5, 23

93.1, 255

92.7, 278

Glasgow Coma Scale score (range)

14.0 (3, 15)

14.6 (3, 15)

14.6 (3, 15)

Injury Severity Score (range)

18.1 (4, 41)

8.2 (1, 48)

9.1 (1, 48)

Heart rate on admission, bpm (range)

87.7 (52, 114)

84.7 (52, 140)

84.9 (52, 140)

History of self-reported psychiatric illness, % (n)

11.5 (3)

10.2 (28)

10.3 (31)

Smoker, % (n)

53.8 (14)

52.9 (145)

53.0 (159)

Alcohol consumption, % (n)

   

   Never drinker or past drinker

19.2 (5)

18.2 (50)

18.3 (55)

   Occasional drinker/drinks 1 to 3 days/month

42.3 (11)

29.6 (81)

30.7 (92)

   Drinks 1 to 2 days/week to almost every day

38.5 (10)

52.2 (143)

51.0 (153)

Midazolam used within 72 h, % (n)

50.0 (13)

8.0 (22)

11.7 (35)

Morphine used within 72 h, % (n)

11.5 (3)

1.0 (2)

1.7 (5)

Ketamine used within 72 h, % (n)

34.6 (9)

10.9 (30)

13 (39)