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Table 1 Gender-based differences

From: Gender-specific differences in severely injured patients between 2002 and 2011: data analysis with matched-pair analysis

 

Male

Female

P value

Patients (n)

684

278

 

Glasgow Coma Scale

9.73 ± 5.04

8.6 ± 4.93

0.002*

Revised Trauma Score

5.94 ± 2.28

5.68 ± 2.17

0.045*

Injury Severity Score

29.52 ± 14.22

30.58 ± 14.53

0.32

New Injury Severity Score

36.45 ± 16.34

37.66 ± 16.8

0.36

Trauma and Injury Severity Score

0.71 ± 0.35

0.62 ± 0.36

<0.001*

Revised Injury Severity Classification

25.33 ± 32.18

34.93 ± 32.94

<0.001*

AIS head

2.85 ± 2.07

3.46 ± 1.88

<0.001*

AIS face

0.47 ± 0.91

0.49 ± 0.96

0.87

AIS thorax

2.04 ± 1.88

1.69 ± 1.92

0.011*

AIS abdomen

0.8 ± 1.43

0.82 ± 1.47

0.9

AIS extremities

1.34 ± 1.51

1.46 ± 1.59

0.29

AIS skin

0.45 ± 0.79

0.42 ± 0.7

0.57

Age

43.5 ± 20.89

52.06 ± 25.54

<0.001*

blood pressure systolic

119.97 ± 42.26

122.80 ± 39.52

0.39

Heart rate

91.27 ± 29.35

90.18 ± 28.44

0.61

Hemoglobin (g/dl)

11.78 ± 2.74

10.66 ± 2.39

<0.001*

Platelets gigaparticle per litre (gpt/l)

195.37 ± 85.20

202.91 ± 73.42

0.044*

Partial thromboplastin time (seconds)

33.23 ± 24.63

30.68 ± 16.95

0.127

Prothrombin time (%)

82.71 ± 26.45

82.49 ± 27.75

0.915

ICU stay (days)

14.08 ± 19.08

10.48 ± 15.06

0.007*

Hospital stay (days)

21.45 ± 24.03

16.79 ± 20.04

0.002*

Number of surgery

2.79 ± 4.80

2.08 ± 2.71

0.03*

Time from admission to CCT (minutes)

32.43 ± 15.84

33.08 ± 17.21

0.659

Time from admission to whole-body CT (minutes)

35.04 ± 17.08

34.66 ± 17.63

0.82

Pre-hospital volume (ml)

1,207.37 ± 1,014.62

1,026.09 ± 805.57

0.026*

Trauma room volume (ml)

1,725.90 ± 1,802.89

1,572.70 ± 1,584.00

0.25

Total volume (ml)

3,004.09 ± 2,434.72

2,609.81 ± 1,990.07

0.012*

Time in trauma room (minutes)

56.38 ± 28.20

54.19 ± 25.90

0.29

Time until surgery (minutes)

63.84 ± 31.79

59.86 ± 27.81

0.321

Preclinical rescue time (minutes)

49.19 ± 24.80

42.14 ± 18.51

0.005*

Rate of whole-body CT

63.11

62.86

0.94

Multi-organ failure

33.82

34.66

0.81

Sepsis

21.68

15.12

0.026*

Intubation at the accident scene

63.35

64.73

0.69

Resuscitation at the accident scene

8.68

6.34

0.24

Thoracic drainage at the accident scene

8.09

2.61

0.002*

Intubation in trauma room

43.1

42.05

0.77

Resuscitation in trauma room

7.56

9.23

0.4

Thoracic drainage in trauma room

17.18

16.47

0.8

Surgery needed

72.95

70.86

0.51

  1. Data presented as mean ± standard deviation or percentage. AIS, Abbreviated Injury Scale; CCT, cranial computed tomography; CT, computed tomography. *Differences are significant.
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