Table 1

Patient demographic, physiologic, anatomic and outcome characteristics

USA (NTDB)India (TITCO)P value
Demographic
 Age mean (SD)48.0 (20.5)38.7 (15.8)<0.001
 Sex (% male)68.983.4<0.001
Mechanism
 Fall (%)31.330.4<0.001
 Road traffic injury (%)37.849.3<0.001
 Penetrating (%)11.04.8<0.001
 Firearm injury (%)5.60<0.001
Physiologic
 RR median (IQR)18 (16–20)20 (18–22)<0.001
 Respiratory distress (RR <10 or >29) (%)6.827.2<0.001
 SBP median (IQR)136 (120–152)118 (110–130)<0.001
 Shock (SBP <90) (%)4.16.3<0.001
 GCS median (IQR)15 (14–15)15 (8–15)<0.001
 Altered mental status (GCS ≤13) (%)16.444.5<0.001
Anatomic
 AIS head ≥3 (%)25.754.7<0.001
 AIS face ≥3 (%)0.20.10.150
 AIS chest ≥3 (%)22.58.1<0.001
 AIS abdomen ≥3 (%)5.54.9<0.001
 AIS extremity ≥3 (%)9.78.2<0.001
 AIS external ≥3 (%)0.030.25<0.001
 ISS median (IQR)9 (5–17)9 (9–14)<0.001
 ISS ≥25 (%)11.87.5<0.001
Outcome
 Mortality (%)2.823.2<0.001
  • AIS, Abbreviated Injury Scale; ISS, Injury Severity Scale; NTDB, National Trauma Data Bank; SBP, systolic blood pressure; TITCO, Towards Improved Trauma Care Outcomes.