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Table 2 Injury severity, injury type and body region of injury in transferred trauma patients.

From: Patients Referred to a Norwegian Trauma Centre: effect of transfer distance on injury patterns, use of resources and outcomes

  Transfer Distance  
Characteristics < 20 km 21-100 km > 100 km p =
Patients n 258 627 665  
Penetrating inj n (%) 9 (3.5) 27 (4.3) 24 (3.6) .762
ISS 17 (14-25)§ 21 (16-26)§ 21 (16-29)§ < .001
NISS 26 (17-35)§ 29 (21-41)§ 27 (20-41)§ .004
Head inj n (%) 174 (67.4) 360 (57.4) 349 (52.5) < .001
Spinal inj n (%) 40 (15.5) 139 (22.2) 181 (27.2) .001
Thoracic inj n (%) 31 (12.0) 167 (26.6) 196 (29.5) < .001
Abdominal/Pelvic inj n (%) 12 (4.7) 83 (13.2) 76 (11.4) .001
Polytrauma n (%) 44 (17.1) 212 (33.8) 236 (35.5) < .001
  1. Abbreviations denotes:
  2. ISS, Injury Severity Score; NISS, New Injury Severity Score.
  3. χ 2 -test performed with 2 degrees of freedom.
  4. § median (IQR)
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Journal of Trauma Management & Outcomes

ISSN: 1752-2897

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