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Table 3 For subgroups of patients defined by injury severity score and age, number of deaths, death rates and adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for death by period

From: Association of changes in the use of board-certified critical care intensivists with mortality outcomes for trauma patients at a well-established level I urban trauma center

 

Deaths

Number

Patients

Number

% Died

Adjusted

Odds

Ratio

(95% CI)

P

Value

Injury Severity Score

16-24

      

   Pre-intensivist period

30

1,000

3.0

1.00*

(referent)

 

   Partial intensivist

      

   period

5

718

0.7

0.20

(0.07-0.58)

.001

   Full-time intensivist

      

   period

4

313

1.3

0.30

(0.11-0.88)

.03

   All periods

39

2031

1.9

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Injury Severity Score

25-34

      

   Pre-intensivist period

78

434

18.0

1.00*

(referent)

 

   Partial intensivist

      

   period

55

335

16.4

0.85

(0.58-1.26)

.42

   Full-time intensivist

      

   period

29

136

21.3

1.13

(0.70-1.86)

.60

   All periods

162

905

17.9

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Injury Severity Score

35-75

      

   Pre-intensivist period

64

195

32.8

1.00*

(referent)

 

   Partial intensivist

      

   period

52

146

35.6

1.12

(0.71-1.76)

.62

   Full-time intensivist

      

   period

16

54

29.6

0.87

(0.45-1.68)

.68

   All periods

132

395

33.4

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Age 65+ Years

      

   Pre-intensivist period

62

1108

5.6

1.00

(referent)

 

   Partial intensivist

      

   period

33

712

4.6

0.51

(0.31-0.84)

.009

   Full-time intensivist

      

   period

14

308

4.6

0.61

(0.32-1.16)

.13

   All periods

109

2128

5.1

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  1. * Adjusted for age and sex
  2. †Adjusted for sex and injury severity score