Research Article
Comparison of Fatal Injuries Resulting from Tractor and High Speed Motorcycle Accidents in Turkey: A Multicenter Study
Table 1
General characteristics of the patients.
| | | Tractor | Motorcycle | P | (n=88) | (n=339) |
| Age, year | mean±SD median (min-max) | 50.8±17.4 50.5 (17-87) | 31.3±14.5 26 (18-74) | <0.001 | GCS | mean±SD median (min-max) | 14.2±2.5 15 (3-15) | 14.6±1.8 15 (3-15) | 0.062 | RTS | mean±SD median (min-max) | 11.6±1.6 12 (3-12) | 11.8±1.3 12 (0-12) | 0.201 | Duration, hour | mean±SD median (min-max) | 2.9±2.1 2 (0.8-12) | 2.7±1.7 2 (0.25-12) | 0.481 | Gender | n (%) | | | 0.001 | Female | | 20 (22.7) | 32 (9.4) | | Male | | 68 (77.3) | 307 (90.6) | | Route of admission | n (%) | | | 0.810 | Emergency ambulance | | 71 (80.7) | 281 (82.9) | | Private car | | 8 (9.1) | 24 (7.1) | | Walking | | 9 (10.2) | 34 (10) | |
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GCS, Glasgow coma score; RTS, revised trauma score.
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