Research Article

Efficacy of the Treatment of Elderly Trauma Patients Requiring Intensive Care

Table 1

Comparison between the two groups.

group E (n=26)group Y (n=81)p value

Age83 (81, 85)58 (36, 68)<0.001

Male/Female61/2018/80.376

Comorbidities
 Diabetes Mellitus5 (19.2%)11 (13.6%)0.482
 Hypertension7 (26.9%)11 (13.6%)0.114
 Heart disease5 (19.2%)6 (7.4%)0.084
 Respiratory disease02 (2.5%)0.419
 Hepatitis1 (3.8%)3 (3.7%)0.973
 Maintenance dialysis01 (1.2%)0.569
 Oral anticoagulants5 (19.2%)7 (8.4%)0.137

The causes of trauma
 Traffic accident14 (54%)43 (53%)0.946
 Fall12 (46%)21 (26%)0.052
 Others017 (21%)0.012

SOFA score3 (2, 4)3 (1, 4)0.260

AIS
 Head/Neck0 (0, 3)1 (0, 4)0.238
 Face0 (0, 0)0 (0, 1)0.136
 Chest3 (1, 4)0 (0, 3)0.015
 Abdomen/Pelvis2 (0, 3)0 (0, 2)0.023
 Extremities0 (0, 2)1 (0, 2)0.238
 Skin/General0 (0, 0)0 (0, 0)0.740