Risk Factors of Bacteremia following Multiple Traumas

Table 1

Characteristics of the study population.

Characteristics	N (%) or mean ± SD (n = 859)
Age (years)	48.8 ± 18.2
Gender (male, %)	615 (71.6%)
Cause of injury
Pedestrian TA	147 (17.1%)
In car TA	228 (26.5%)
Motorcycle TA	123 (14.3%)
Fall down	219 (25.5%)
Others	142 (16.5%)
ISS	20.6 ± 16.5
GCS	13.3 ± 3.6
Shock (n, %)	161 (18.7%)
Transfusion (n, %)	254 (29.6%)
Massive transfusion (more than 10 pRBCs) (n, %)	70 (8.1%)
Admitted ICU (n, %)	459 (53.4%)
Bacteremia (n, %)	34 (4.0%)

TA, traffic accident; GCS, Glasgow coma scale; ISS, injury severity score; pRBC, packed red blood cell; ICU, intensive care unit.