Comparison of Injury Severity Score, Glasgow Coma Scale, and Revised Trauma Score in Predicting the Mortality and Prolonged ICU Stay of Traumatic Young Children: A Cross-Sectional Retrospective Study

Table 1

Epidemiology of trauma patients under the age of six years admitted via the pediatric emergency department.

	Variables	Number (%)/mean  SD
	Total	938 (100%)
	Age (years)	3.1  1.82
	BMI	16.6  4.40
Gender	Male	554 (59.1%)
Cause of injury	Injury from fall	329 (35.1%)
	Traffic accident	134 (14.3%)
	Burn injury	351 (37.4%)
	Blunt/crushing injury	71 (7.6%)
	Other	53 (5.7%)
Outcome	Mortality	8 (0.9%)
	ICU admission	391 (41.7%)
	Prolonged ICU stay	93 (9.9%)
	Length of ICU stay (days)	10.2  7.83
	Length of hospital stay (days)	6.9  7.69
Trauma score	ISS	4.9  6.0
	GCS	14.7  1.4
	RTS	7.62  0.68

BMI = body mass index; ICU = intensive care unit; ISS = Injury Severity Score; GCS = Glasgow Coma Scale; RTS = Revised Trauma Score.