Is Prehospital Time Important for the Treatment of Severely Injured Patients? A Matched-Triplet Analysis of 13,851 Patients from the TraumaRegister DGU®
Table 1
Demographic and clinical data of severely injured patients treated prior to hospitalization.
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
All patients
p-values
Patients (n)
4617
4617
4617
13851
Age in years (MV, SD)
45.8 ± 19.9
45.6 ± 20
45.3 ± 20.3
45.6 ± 20.1
0.30
Age ≥60 years (%)
25.9
25.9
25.7
25.8
0.90
Male (%)
71.8
74.2
72.4
72.8
0.03
Glasgow Coma Scale ≤8 (%)
36.6
33.5
30.3
33.4
≤ 0.001
Injury Severity Score (MV, SD)
29.2 ± 12.8
28.6 ± 12.0
28.2 ± 11.5
28.7 ± 12.1
0.100
Traffic accident (%)
62.7
62.1
63.2
62.6
0.6
AIS head ≥3 (%)
55.7
55.7
55.7
55.7
1
Isolated TBI (%)
11.8
11.4
12.1
11.7
0.6
AIS thorax ≥3 (%)
59.3
59.3
59.3
59.3
1.00
AIS abdomen ≥3 (%)
17.6
17.6
17.6
17.6
1.00
AIS extremities including pelvis ≥3 (%)
35.7
35.7
35.7
35.7
1.00
Values are shown as the mean (MV), standard deviation (SD) or % of the group. AIS, Abbreviated Injury Scale. TBI, traumatic brain injury.
