Table 1 Demographics and characteristics
From: Traumatic blunt thoracic aortic injury: a 10-year single-center retrospective analysis
Variable | Value |
|---|---|
Number of all patients | 72 |
Age, mean (SD), y | 54.2 (9.1) |
Male, n (%) | 57 (79.2) |
Hypertension, n (%) | 27 (37.5) |
Diabetes, n (%) | 3 (4.2) |
COPD, n (%) | 0 (0) |
Coronary heart disease, n (%) | 1 (1.4) |
Renal insufficiency, n (%) | 2 (2.8) |
Smoking, n (%) | 30 (41.7) |
Travel time to hospital, (median (IQR), days) | 2 (1–6) |
Travel time to hospital ≤ 24 h | 34 (47.2) |
Hypotension (SBP < 90) at ED, n (%) | 5 (6.9) |
Heart rate at ED > 120, n (%) | 9 (12.5) |
GCS at ED, mean (SD) | 14.4 (1.7) |
ISS score at ED, mean (SD) | 24.3 (18) |
Creatinine at ED, mean (SD) | 95.9 (95) |
Oximetry at ED, mean (SD) | 95.6 (5.2) |
prothrombin time at ED, mean (SD) | 15.6 (23.3) |
Anterior or posterior chest pain, n (%) | 60 (83.3) |
Intubation, n (%) | 1 (1.4) |