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Table 2 Frequency of injuries in the study sample and in the multiple injured subsample by injured body region, frequency of injury combinations by body regions

From: Improving prehospital trauma management for skiers and snowboarders - need for on-slope triage?

 

Head

Spine

Thorax

Pelvis

Abdomen

Study sample by injured body region: n (% of 328)

 

171 (52)

142 (43)

68 (21)

25 (8)

18 (5)

Multiple injured subsample: n (% of body region category)

 

57 (33)

43 (30)

43 (63)

12 (48)

13 (72)

Injury combinations: n of positive combination (% of study sample/% of multiple injured sample/% of those suffering from injury (in rows) amongst those suffering from injury (in column)),

p-value of Fisher's exact test in total sample

Head

-

-

-

-

-

Spine

32

(10/44/19)

0.826

-

-

-

-

Thorax

31

(9/43/18)

<0.001

19

(6/26/13)

0.076

-

-

-

Pelvis

6

(2/8/4)

0.633

8

(2/11/6)

0.122

5

(2/7/7)

0.074

-

-

Abdomen

9

(3/13/5)

0.019

3

(1/4/2)

1.000

8

(2/11/12)

<0.001

2

(1/3/8)

0.124

-