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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: The effect of time of measurement on the discriminant ability for mortality in trauma of a pre-hospital shock index multiplied by age and divided by the Glasgow Coma Score: a registry study

 

All patients

N = 3,497

Trauma without TBI

n = 1,866

Isolated TBI

n = 1,426

Multi-trauma with TBI

n = 205

Age (years)

49.2 (31.6 − 65.2)

46.2 (30.3 − 61.2)

55.1 (34.5 − 70.1)

48.1 (31.6 − 60.8)

Sex (male)

2,536 (72.5)

1389 (74.4)

984 (69.0)

163 (79.5)

Heart rate (beats per minute)

90 (78 − 103)

90 (79 − 102)

89 (75 − 101)

98 (77 − 110)

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

132 (114 − 151)

129 (110 − 145)

140 (120 − 161)

125 (111 − 152)

GCS

14 (7 − 15)

15 (14 − 15)

8 (4 − 13)

9 (4 − 14)

Advanced airway management

1075 (30.7)

223 (12.0)

733 (51.4)

118 (57.6)

HEMS delay, minutes

22 (15 − 34)

23 (16 − 33)

22 (15 − 35)

25 (16 − 38)

  1. Values are median (interquartile range) or number (proportion)
  2. GCS Glasgow Coma Score, HEMS Helicopter emergency medical services, TBI Traumatic brain injury