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Table 1 Patient characteristics and summary values for the trauma scores. Values are number (percentage), mean (SD) and range

From: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) outcomes in an LMIC tertiary care centre and performance of trauma scores

 

moderate injury (n = 38)

severe injury (n = 63)

total (n = 101)

RTA (n = 68)

Fall (n = 24)

Gender

 Male (%)

31(82)

52(83)

83(82)

54(79)

22(92)

 Female(%)

7(18)

11(17)

18(18)

14(21)

2(8)

Age

 Range

19–83

16–79

16–83

16–83

28–78

 Mean (SD)

43.86(16.85)

40.46(17.56)

41.67(17.47)

38.23(17.54)

49.92(15.47)

Marital status

 Married(%)

31(82)

39(62)

70(69)

42(62)

21(88)

 Unmarried(%)

5(13)

19(30)

24(24)

21(31)

1(4)

 Divorced(%)

1(2)

3(4)

4(4)

3(4)

1(4)

 Widowed(%)

1(2)

2(3)

3(3)

2(3)

1(4)

Education level

 No formal education

3(8)

2(3)

5(5)

1(1)

3(13)

 Primary education

5(13)

5(8)

10(10)

7(10)

2(8)

 Secondary Education

28(74)

54(86)

82(81)

57(84)

18(75)

 Degree

(0)

2(3)

2(2)

2(3)

0(0)

ASCOT score (%)

 ASCOT Mean(SD)

0.90(0.06)

0.61(0.22)

0.72(0.23)

0.72(0.22)

0.67(0.25)

 TRISS Mean(SD)

0.97(0.02)

0.86(0.14)

0.90(0.12)

0.91(0.11)

0.86(0.16)

 RTS Mean(SD)

6.81(0.24)

4.53(0.84)

5.39(1.30)

5.34(1.30)

5.30(1.37)

 ISS Mean(SD)

6.87(4.41)

5.57(4.69)

6.06(4.61)

6.09(4.02)

6.00(5.08)

GCS

  < 9

0(0)

63(100)

63(62)

44(65)

15(63)

 9–12 score

38(100)

0(0)

38(38)

24(35)

9(38)

Mechanism of injury

 RTA

24(63)

44(70)

68(67)

68(100)

0(0)

 Fall

9(24)

15(24)

24(24)

0(0)

24(100)

 Other

5(13)

4(6)

9(9)

0(0)

0(0)

Length of ICU stay(days)

 Median(IQR)

6(8)

5(6)

6 (8.75)

6(8)

5.5(24)

 Range

1–91

0–122

0–122

1–95

0–122