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Table 2 Comparison of Period 1 and 2 for patients undergoing laparotomy

From: Abdominal injuries in a major Scandinavian trauma center – performance assessment over an 8 year period

 

Period 1

Period 2

p

 

n = 163

n = 296

 

Age, mean

37.4

36.6

0.63

Male (%)

127 (78)

220 (74)

0.42

Blunt (%)

99 (61)

183 (62)

0.84

GCS score, median (quartiles)

15.0 (5.0-15.0)

15.0 (9.0-15.0)

0.09

ISS, median (quartiles)

29.0 (10.0-45.0)

25.0 (10.0-38.0)

0.02

LOS, median (quartiles)

5.0 (2.0-11.0)

8.0 (3.0-16.0)

<0.01

Deaths (%)

60 (37)

59 (20)

<0.01

W NTDB 05 (95% CI)

0.25 (-3.81 to 4.30)

3.91 (0.99 to 6.84)

 
  1. GCS: Glascow Coma Scale; ISS: injury severity score; LOS: length of stay; W NTDB 05: W-statistics with coefficients from National Trauma Data Bank 2005; CI: confidence interval.
  2. One patient from period 2 has missing data on age, mechanism of injury, GCS and ISS.
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Journal of Trauma Management & Outcomes

ISSN: 1752-2897

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