Substance Abuse and Rural Appalachian Pediatric Trauma in West Virginia

Table 3

Patient information and outcome data for pediatric trauma cases.

	Total	2009–2016 patients			2017–2019 patients			Wilcoxon rank test value
			Mean	SD		Mean	SD
Patient age (years)	4538	3356	7.3	4.5	1182	6.7	4.5	<0.001
GCS on admission	4285	3104	14.5	2.3	1181	14.6	1.9	0.296
Total Hospital days	4538	3356	2.4	4.1	1182	2.6	4.7	<0.001
Injury severity score	4536	3354	5.615	5.65	1182	5.849	5.598	0.034
Total ICU^# days	898	704	3.9	5.4	194	3.7	5.6	0.013
Total ventilator days	220	169	3.1	5.1	51	6.3	10.3	<0.001

Glasgow Coma Scale; ^#intensive care unit.