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Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients in the derivation set distributed by 30-day mortality

From: Development of a new score for early mortality prediction in trauma ICU patients: RETRASCORE

Variable

Survivors

N = 5226

Non-survivors

N = 750

p value

Age (groups)

  

< 0.001

 < 50

56.9

30.8

 

 50–65

22.8

18.1

 

 65–75

11.7

19.7

 

 > 75

8.6

31.3

 

Sex (% male)

78.7

71.7

< 0.001

PRECOAG

11.3

30.4

< 0.001

Pre-hospital attention

75.6

79.7

0.014

Pre-hospital intubation

20.7

54.8

< 0.001

High Risk mechanism

34.5

63.1

< 0.001

Mechanism penetrant

6.0

4.3

0.054

PUPILS

  

< 0.001

 Normal

93.8

52.7

 

 Unilateral mydriasis

5.3

19.6

 

 Bilateral mydriasis

0.9

27.7

 

GCS ≤ 8 (%)

18.6

65.9

< 0.001

MAIS-Head

37.3

72.4

< 0.001

MAIS-Thorax

39.6

34.4

0.006

MAIS-Abdomen

12.1

11.5

0.601

MAIS-Ext Upper

2.8

1.7

0.082

MAIS-Ext Lower

18.2

14.4

0.011

MAIS-External

1.0

2.0

0.010

Haemodynamic failure

17.5

57.1

< 0.001

Respiratory failure

9.4

26.4

< 0.001

Coagulopathy

12.6

37.5

< 0.001

Mechanical ventilation

45.0

82.8

< 0.001

Massive haemorrhage

5.0

16.8

< 0.001

  1. Values expressed as percentages
  2. PRECOAG, prior treatment with antiplatelets or anticoagulants; GCS, Glasgow Coma Score; AIS, Abbreviated Injury Scale; MAIS, AIS ≥ 3; p value, calculated using chi-square test