Table 3 Overall clinical characteristics of patients with major trauma
Clinical characteristics | Patient data (n = 753) |
|---|---|
Mean age ± SD, years | 41.2 ± 13.3 |
Age range, years | 18 to 65 |
Males/females, n | 603/150 |
Mean ISS ± SD | 22.2 ± 9.5 |
≥16 to <25, n | 446 |
≥25, n | 307 |
Injured body regions, n | |
Head | 392 |
Thorax | 439 |
Abdomen | 254 |
Extremities | 442 |
Number of regions injured, n | |
Two | 322 |
Three | 185 |
All four | 43 |
Organ dysfunction, n (%) | 327 (43.4%) |
One, n | 229 |
Two, n | 68 |
Three or above, n | 30 |
Sepsis, n (%) | 311 (41.3%) |
Source of infection (%) | |
Respiratory tract infection | 42.2 |
Primary bloodstream infection | 20.2 |
Urinary tract infection | 18.4 |
Catheter-associated infection | 9.7 |
Wound infection | 7.6 |
Others* | 1.9 |
Pathogens (positive blood cultures), % | |
Gram-negative | 17.0 |
Gram-positive | 11.6 |
Fungi | 3.5 |
Mixed Gram-negative and Gram-positive | 10.6 |
Negative blood cultures | 57.2 |