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Table 4 Severity of injury and outcome by mechanism of injury

From: Impact of falls on early mortality from severe traumatic brain injury

 

Mechanism of Injury

 
 

Falls: < 3 meters

N (%)

Falls: > 3 meters

N (%)

Other

N (%)

p-value

Day 1 GCS

    

   3 – 5

93 (47.5)

108 (44.4)

850 (51.3)

0.10

   6 – 8

103 (52.5)

135 (55.6)

808 (48.7)

 

Day 1 Hypotension

22 (11.0)

44 (17.4)

251 (14.8)

0.13

Day 1 Abnormal Pupil Status

37 (18.5)

47 (19.0)

356 (21.1)

0.56

Abnormal CT Scan

163 (89.6)

207 (88.5)

1301 (79.7)

<0.0001

Mortality

62 (30.7)

59 (24.8)

299 (17.5)

<0.0001

Outcome GCS

    

   3 – 8

47 (34.8)

64 (35.2)

446 (32.5)

0.67

   9 – 15

88 (65.2)

118 (64.8)

927 (67.5)