Research Article
Prehospital Predictors for Urgent Neurosurgical Intervention in the Head Trauma Patient: A 2-Year Multicenter Retrospective Study
Table 2
Comparison of patient characteristic variables in relation to the variable: classification
| | Variables | Parameters | C1 (N = 64) | Others (N = 7853) | Test | value |
| | Sex | Female | 32.8% (N = 21) | 39.6% (N = 3110) | Chi-square | 0.3276 | | Male | 67.2% (N = 43) | 60.4% (N = 4742) |
| | Age (years) | N | 64 | 7826 | Mann–Whitney U | <0.001 | | Mean (SD) | 63.31 (21.79) | 49.27 (20.82) | | Median (IQR) | 66.5 (41.5–81) | 47 (31–65) | | Range | 18–95 | 5–104 |
| | Time from injury to arrival (days) | N | 16 | 1605 | Mann–Whitney U | 0.0138 | | Mean (SD) | 5.31 (4.61) | 4.67 (12.17) | | Median (IQR) | 3.5 (2–6.25) | 2 (1–4) | | Range | 1–14 | 1–240 |
| | Glasgow Coma scale | N | 47 | 5617 | Mann–Whitney U | <0.001 | | Mean (SD) | 10.68 (4.64) | 14.83 (1) | | Median (IQR) | 13 (5.5–15) | 15 (15–15) | | Range | 3–15 | 3–15 |
| | Loss of consciousness | Yes | 67.7% (N = 21) | 42% (N = 2386) | Fisher | 0.0184 | | Recalls partially | 0% (N = 0) | 0.5% (N = 26) | | No | 32.3% (N = 10) | 57.5% (N = 3265) |
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The bold values indicate significance.
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