Risk Factors of Bacteremia following Multiple Traumas
Table 2
Comparisons of characteristics between the bacteremia group and nonbacteremia group.
Nonbacteremia (n = 825)
Bacteremia (n = 34)
value
Age (years)
48.7 ± 18.1
51.1 ± 18.7
0.442
Sex (male, %)
235 (28.5%)
9 (26.5%)
0.951
Cause of injury
0.503
Pedestrian TA
143 (17.3%)
4 (11.8%)
In car TA
218 (26.4%)
10 (29.4%)
Motorcycle TA
115 (13.9%)
8 (23.5%)
Fall down
211 (25.6%)
8 (23.5%)
Others
138 (16.7%)
4 (11.8%)
ISS
20.4 ± 16.5
25.8 ± 14.9
0.061
AIS
Head AIS
1.0 ± 1.7
0.9 ± 1.3
0.636
Face AIS
0.6 ± 1.1
0.9 ± 1.5
0.247
Chest AIS
1.6 ± 1.6
1.7 ± 1.6
0.729
Abdominal AIS
1.3 ± 1.5
2.4 ± 1.5
0.001
Extremity AIS
1.5 ± 1.5
2.1 ± 1.6
0.035
External AIS
0.3 ± 0.8
0.5 ± 0.9
0.189
GCS
13.4 ± 3.6
13.0 ± 3.6
0.573
Shock (n, %)
148 (17.9%)
13 (38.2%)
0.006
Emergency operation (n, %)
277 (33.7%)
23 (62.2%)
0.001
Transfusion (n, %)
231 (28.0%)
17 (50.0%)
0.010
Massive transfusion (more than 10 pRBCs) (n, %)
60 (7.3%)
10 (29.4%)
0.001
TA, traffic accident; GCS, Glasgow coma scale; ISS, injury severity score; pRBC, packed red blood cell; AIS, abbreviated injury scale. Significance set as .
