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 |
| Age | 83 (81, 85) | 58 (36, 68) | <0.001 |
| Male/Female | 61/20 | 18/8 | 0.376 |
| Comorbidities | | | | Diabetes Mellitus | 5 (19.2%) | 11 (13.6%) | 0.482 | Hypertension | 7 (26.9%) | 11 (13.6%) | 0.114 | Heart disease | 5 (19.2%) | 6 (7.4%) | 0.084 | Respiratory disease | 0 | 2 (2.5%) | 0.419 | Hepatitis | 1 (3.8%) | 3 (3.7%) | 0.973 | Maintenance dialysis | 0 | 1 (1.2%) | 0.569 | Oral anticoagulants | 5 (19.2%) | 7 (8.4%) | 0.137 |
| The causes of trauma | | | | Traffic accident | 14 (54%) | 43 (53%) | 0.946 | Fall | 12 (46%) | 21 (26%) | 0.052 | Others | 0 | 17 (21%) | 0.012 |
| SOFA score | 3 (2, 4) | 3 (1, 4) | 0.260 |
| AIS | | | | Head/Neck | 0 (0, 3) | 1 (0, 4) | 0.238 | Face | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 1) | 0.136 | Chest | 3 (1, 4) | 0 (0, 3) | 0.015 | Abdomen/Pelvis | 2 (0, 3) | 0 (0, 2) | 0.023 | Extremities | 0 (0, 2) | 1 (0, 2) | 0.238 | Skin/General | 0 (0, 0) | 0 (0, 0) | 0.740 |
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