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Table 2 Patient characteristics of included patients, dependent on age groups

From: Epidemiology of paediatric trauma in Norway: a single-trauma centre observational study

 

All ages

0–4 years

5–9 years

10–14 years

15–17 years

Total, n

873

130

155

275

313

Injury Severity Score (ISS)

 Median (IQR)

4 (1–9)

2,5 (1–9)

4 (1–9)

5 (1–10)

4 (1–10)

 Minor injury ISS 1–8, n (%)

599 (68)

94 (72)

110 (71)

185 (67)

210 (67)

 Moderate injury ISS 9–15, n (%)

146 (17)

22 (17)

25 (16)

54 (20)

45 (14)

 Severe injury ISS > 15, n (%)

128 (15)

14 (11)

20 (13)

36 (13)

58 (19)

New Injury Severity Score (NISS)

 Median (IQR)

4 (1–12)

3 (1–9)

4 (1–10)

5 (1–12)

5 (1–14)

 Minor injury NISS 1–8, n (%)

573 (65)

92 (71)

103 (67)

175 (63)

203 (65)

 Moderate injury NISS 9–15, n (%)

129 (15)

17 (13)

27 (17)

46 (17)

39 (12)

 Severe injury NISS > 15, n (%)

171 (20)

21 (16)

25 (16)

54 (20)

71 (23)

Type of transportation to hospital

 EMS, n (%)

474 (54)

62 (48)

88 (57)

141 (51)

183 (59)

 HEMS, n (%)

341 (39)

60 (46)

58 (37)

109 (40)

114 (36)

 Others, n (%)

21 (3)

4 (3)

4 (3)

9 (3)

4 (1)

 Unknown/missing, n (%)

37 (4)

4 (3)

5 (3)

16 (6)

12 (4)

Days in hospital total, n (median)

4075 (2)

520 (1)

622 (2)

1050 (2)

1883 (1)

Days in ICU total, n (median)

656 (0)

106 (0)

56 (0)

179 (0)

315 (0)

Days on ventilator total, n (median)

467 (0)

48 (0)

19 (0)

86 (0)

314 (0)

Inter hospital transfers, n (%)

52 (6)

7 (5)

5 (3)

25 (9)

15 (5)

Mechanism of injury, n (%)

 Transport

532 (61)

61 (47)

101 (65)

155 (56)

215 (69)

 Violence

28 (3)

5 (4)

2 (1)

10 (4)

11 (4)

 Fall

233 (27)

53 (41)

43 (28)

76 (28)

61 (19)

 Others

79 (9)

11 (8)

9 (6)

33 (12)

26 (8)

 Unknown/missing

1 (< 1)

0

0

1 (< 1)

0

First key emergency intervention, total n

 None

808

119

147

256

286

 Damage control thoracotomy

3

0

1

1

1

 Damage control laparotomy

16

3

2

6

5

 Limb revascularization

2

0

0

1

1

 Interventional radiology

2

0

0

0

2

 Craniotomy

10

1

1

5

3

 Intracranial pressure device insertion

17

3

3

4

7

 Unspecified emergency intervention

6

0

0

2

4

 Unknown

9

4

1

0

4

Intubated prior to hospital arrival, n (%)

54 (6)

10 (8)

11 (7)

13 (5)

20 (6)

Thoracic drainage, n (%)

22 (3)

2 (2)

3 (2)

5 (2)

12 (4)