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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of severely injured trauma patients (n = 366)

From: The effect of a new in-hospital trauma care model on the outcomes of severely injured trauma patients in the emergency department: a retrospective observational study in China

Characteristic

Total (n = 366)

Traditional model (n = 213)

New model group (n = 153)

P value

Gender, n (%)

    

 Male

270 (73.8%)

152 (71.4%)

118 (77.1%)

0.216

 Female

96 (26.2%)

61 (28.6%)

35 (22.9%)

 

Age, year, median (IQR)

56 (44, 69)

57 (45, 71)

54 (44, 65)

0.093

ISS, mean ± SD

26.1 ± 7.6

26.4 ± 7.2

25.8 ± 8.3

0.165

Time since injury, h, median (IQR)

3.0 (1.5, 5.0)

3.0 (2.0, 5.0)

3.0 (1.0, 4.8)

0.348

Mechanism of injury, n (%)

   

0.383

 Traffic accidents

173 (47.3%)

106 (49.8%)

67 (43.8%)

 

 Fall from height

85 (23.2%)

45 (21.1%)

40 (26.1%)

 

 Blow or assault

53 (14.5%)

27 (12.7%)

26 (17.0%)

 

 Fall

37 (10.1%)

25 (11.7%)

12 (7.8%)

 

 Others

18 (4.9%)

10 (4.7%)

8 (5.2%)

 

Vital signs, median (IQR)

    

 Heart rate, per min

89 (65, 107)

89 (67, 107)

88 (64, 107)

0.741

 Respiratory rate, per min

20 (17, 23)

20 (17, 22)

20 (17, 24)

0.771

 Oxygen saturation, %

97 (95, 98)

97 (95, 98)

97 (94, 99)

0.309

 Systolic blood pressure, mmHg

126 (103, 152)

125 (103, 152)

131 (91, 154)

0.844

  1. IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation; ISS, injury severity score