Skip to main content

Table 2 Non-surviving patients after initial ICU admission depending on Level of trauma center

From: Mortality in severely injured patients: nearly one of five non-survivors have been already discharged alive from ICU

Level of care

died during first ICU stay

died after discharge from ICU

Local trauma center (level 3)

173 (68.7%)

79 (31.3%)

Regional trauma center (level 2)

1009 (77.4%)

294 (22.6%)

Supra-regional trauma center (level 1)

3327 (84.7%)

599 (15.3%)

All patients

4509 (82.3%)

972 (17.7%)