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Table 4 Prevalence of injury to different body regions, mechanisms of and complications from polytrauma

From: Outcomes of polytrauma patients with diabetes mellitus

Injury/Outcome

Present

PMC

P-values

Diabetes

Known PMC no diabetes

Definitely no PMC

Head AIS 3+

No

90

1174

1122

0.622

% (95% CI)

40.5 (34.1 to 47)

43.3 (41.5 to 45.2)

43.9 (41.9 to 45.8)

Yes

132

1535

1436

% (95% CI)

59.5 (53 to 65.9)

56.7 (54.8 to 58.5)

56.1 (54.2 to 58.1)

Abdo AIS 3+

No

197

2208

1959

<0.001

% (95% CI)

88.7 (84.6 to 92.9)

81.5 (80 to 83)

76.6 (74.9 to 78.2)

Yes

25

501

599

% (95% CI)

11.3 (7.1 to 15.4)

18.5 (17 to 20)

23.4 (21.8 to 25.1)

Chest AIS 3+

No

55

666

615

0.890

% (95% CI)

24.8 (19.1 to 30.5)

24.6 (23 to 26.2)

24 (22.4 to 25.7)

Yes

167

2043

1943

% (95% CI)

75.2 (69.5 to 80.9)

75.4 (73.8 to 77)

76 (74.3 to 77.6)

Extremity AIS 3+

No

114

1340

1248

0.719

% (95% CI)

51.4 (44.8 to 57.9)

49.5 (47.6 to 51.3)

48.8 (46.9 to 50.7)

Yes

108

1369

1310

% (95% CI)

48.6 (42.1 to 55.2)

50.5 (48.7 to 52.4)

51.2 (49.3 to 53.1)

Any complication

No

115

1472

1065

<0.001

% (95% CI)

51.8 (45.2 to 58.4)

54.3 (52.5 to 56.2)

41.6 (39.7 to 43.5)

Yes

107

1237

1493

% (95% CI)

48.2 (41.6 to 54.8)

45.7 (43.8 to 47.5)

58.4 (56.5 to 60.3)

ARDS, DVT, PE

No

210

2644

2497

0.019

 

% (95% CI)

94.6 (91.6 to 97.6)

97.6 (97 to 98.2)

97.6 (97 to 98.2)

 

Yes

12

65

61

% (95% CI)

5.4 (2.4 to 8.4)

2.4 (1.8 to 3)

2.4 (1.8 to 3)

Pneumonia, Wound infection, Sepsis, UTI

No

199

2483

2390

0.015

% (95% CI)

89.6 (85.6 to 93.6)

91.7% (90.6 to 92.7)

93.4% (92.5 to 94.4)

Yes

23

226

168

% (95% CI)

10.4 (6.4 to 14.4)

8.3 (7.3 to 9.4)

6.6 (5.6 to 7.5)

Renal failure

No

215

2671

2539

0.002

% (95% CI)

96.8 (94.5 to 99.1)

98.6 (98.2 to 99)

99.3 (98.9 to 99.6)

Yes

7

38

19

% (95% CI)

3.2 (0.9 to 5.5)

1.4 (1 to 1.8)

0.7 (0.4 to 1.1)

MI, arrhythmia, arrest

No

209

2590

2504

<0.001

% (95% CI)

94.1 (91.1 to 97.2)

95.6 (94.8 to 96.4)

97.9 (97.3 to 98.4)

Yes

13

119

54

% (95% CI)

5.9 (2.8 to 8.9)

4.4 (3.6 to 5.2)

2.1 (1.6 to 2.7)

Injury mechanism

RTC (95% CI)

117

1437

1843

<0.001

52.7 (46.1 to 59.3)

53 (53 to 54.9)

72.0

High Fall (95% CI)

52

673

358

23.4 (17.8 to 29)

24.8 (23.2 to 26.4)

14 (12.7 to 15.3)

Low Fall (95% CI)

41

302

60

18.5 (13.4 to 23.6)

11.1 (9.9 to 12.3)

2.3 (1.7 to 2.9)

Other (95% CI)

10

200

188

4.5 (1.8 to 7.2)

7.4 (6.4 to 8.4)

7.3 (6.3 to 8.3)

Penetrating trauma (95% CI)

2

97

109

0.9 (0 to 2.1)

3.6 (2.9 to 4.3)

4.3 (3.5 to 5.1)

Total

 

222

2709

2558

 
  1. Where appropriate values are presented in %s. Abdo, abdomen; AIS, Abbreviated Injury Score; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; CI, confidence interval; DVT, deep vein thrombosis; MI, myocardial infarction; PE, pulmonary embolism; RTC, road traffic collision; UTI, urinary tract infection.