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

VariablesParametersC1 (N = 64)Others (N = 7853)Test value

SexFemale32.8% (N = 21)39.6% (N = 3110)Chi-square0.3276
Male67.2% (N = 43)60.4% (N = 4742)

Age (years)N647826Mann–Whitney U<0.001
Mean (SD)63.31 (21.79)49.27 (20.82)
Median (IQR)66.5 (41.5–81)47 (31–65)
Range18–955–104

Time from injury to arrival (days)N161605Mann–Whitney U0.0138
Mean (SD)5.31 (4.61)4.67 (12.17)
Median (IQR)3.5 (2–6.25)2 (1–4)
Range1–141–240

Glasgow Coma scaleN475617Mann–Whitney U<0.001
Mean (SD)10.68 (4.64)14.83 (1)
Median (IQR)13 (5.5–15)15 (15–15)
Range3–153–15

Loss of consciousnessYes67.7% (N = 21)42% (N = 2386)Fisher0.0184
Recalls partially0% (N = 0)0.5% (N = 26)
No32.3% (N = 10)57.5% (N = 3265)

The bold values indicate significance.