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Table 1 Overall clinical profiles of abdominal injury nationals and expatriates

From: Compartmental anatomical classification of traumatic abdominal injuries from the academic point of view and its potential clinical implication

 

Nationals (16%)

Expatriates (84%)

P value

Age (mean ± SD)

26 ± 15

32 ± 12

0.001

Male (%)

92

93

0.54

Traffic-related (%)

79

53

0.001 for all

Fall from height (%)

6

29

Fall of heavy objects (%)

0.6

8

Head injury (%)

30

23

0.03

Lung injury (%)

33

24

0.01

Cardiac injury (%)

1.8

0.9

0.31

Intrathoracic AC (%)

77

63

0.001 for all

Retroperitoneal AC (%)

14

15

True abdomen AC (%)

7

13

Pelvic AC (%)

1.3

9

ISS mean ± SD

18 ± 11

17 ± 10

0.43

HLOS (median, range)

6 (1–134)

8 (1–410)

0.03

ICU (median, range)

3 (1–39)

3 (1–150)

0.48

Blood transfusion (%)

14

20

0.09

Abdominal AIS (median, range)

2 (2–5)

2 (1–5)

0.04

Mortality (%)

8.5

8.1

0.86

  1. AC = abdominal compartment.