Table 2 Characteristics of Pediatric Trauma Patients Upon Admission (N = 1328) a,b
|
Variable [n,%] |
<1 year (n = 23) |
1 to 4 years (n = 454) |
5 to 9 years (n = 450) |
10–14 years (n = 401) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex (n = 1328) | |||||
| Male [n = 880; 66.3%] | 16 (69.6%) | 285 (62.8%) | 297 (66%) | 282 (70.3%) | 0.135 |
| Female [n = 448; 33.7%] | 7 (30.4%) | 169 (37.2%) | 153 (34%) | 119 (29.7%) | |
| Nationality (n = 1328) | |||||
| Bahraini (n = 1128; 84.9%) | 20 (87%) | 389 (85.7%) | 386 (85.8%) | 333 (83%) | 0.649 |
| Non-Bahraini (n = 200; 15.0%) | 3 (13%) | 65 (14.3%) | 64 (14.2%) | 68 (17%) | |
| Glasgow Coma Scale Category (n = 1169) | |||||
| Mild [13 to 15] (n = 1160; 99.23%) | 17 (100%) | 401 (98.9%) | 401 (99.8%) | 341 (99.1%) | 0.838 |
| Moderate [9 to 12] (n = 2; 0.17%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.2%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.3%) | |
| Severe [6 to 8] (n = 2; 0.17%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.2%) | 1 (0.2%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Very Severe [3 to 5] (n = 5; 0.42%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (0.7%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (0.6%) | |
| Location of Injury (n = 1328) | |||||
| Home (n = 683; 51.42%) | 14 (60.9%) | 345 (76.0%) | 217 (48.2%) | 107 (26.7%) | < 0.0001 |
| School (n = 236; 17.77%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (0.4%) | 77 (17.1%) | 157 (39.1%) | |
| Road (n = 137; 10.31%) | 4 (17.4%) | 29 (6.4%) | 52 (11.6%) | 52 (13.0%) | |
| Other (n = 272; 20.48%) | 5 (21.7%) | 78 (17.2%) | 104 (23.1%) | 85 (21.2%) | |
| Description of Injury (n = 1328) | |||||
| Fall Injury (n = 750; 56.48%) | 17 (73.9%) | 289 (63.0%) | 245 (54.4%) | 202 (50.4%) | < 0.0001 |
| Blunt Trauma (n = 153; 11.52%) | 0 (0%) | 34 (7.5%) | 63 (14.0%) | 56 (14.0%) | |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions (MVC) (n = 79; 5.95%) | 2 (8.7%) | 18 (4.0%) | 29 (6.4%) | 30 (7.5%) | |
| Sports Injury (n = 76; 5.72%) | 1 (4.3%) | 2 (0.4%) | 16 (3.6%) | 57 (14.2%) | |
| Crush Injury (n = 67; 5.05%) | 0 (0%) | 32 (7.0%) | 17 (3.8%) | 18 (4.5%) | |
| Eye Injury (n = 48; 3.61%) | 0 (0%) | 7 (1.5%) | 27 (6.0%) | 14 (3.5%) | |
| Foreign Body (n = 48; 3.61%) | 1 (4.3%) | 17 (3.7%) | 21 (4.7%) | 9 (2.2%) | |
| Laceration (n = 44, 3.31%) | 0 (0%) | 16 (3.5%) | 19 (4.2%) | 9 (2.4%) | |
| Burn (n = 36; 2.71%) | 2 (8.7%) | 22 (4.8%) | 9 (2.0%) | 3 (0.7%) | |
| Ingestion Injury (n = 21; 1.58%) | 0 (0%) | 15 (3.3%) | 3 (0.7%) | 3 (0.7%) | |
| Drowning/Near-Drowning (n = 6; 0.45%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (1.1%) | 1 (0.2%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Apparent Intent (n = 1202) | |||||
| Accident (n = 1153; 95.92%) | 18 (94.7%) | 405 (98.1%) | 383 (95.0%) | 347 (94.5%) | 0.054 |
| Assault (n = 41; 3.41%) | 1 (5.3%) | 4 (1.0%) | 18 (4.5%) | 18 (5.0%) | |
| Intentional Self Harm (n = 8; 0.67%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (1.0%) | 2 (0.5%) | 2 (0.5%) | |
| Ambulance Utilization (n = 1248) | |||||
| Yes (n = 47; 3.77%) | 2 (10.5%) | 15 (3.5%) | 12 (2.8%) | 18 (4.8%) | 0.2 |
| No (n = 1201; 96.23%) | 17 (89.5%) | 410 (96.5%) | 416 (97.2%) | 358 (95.2%) | |
| Age-Specific Pediatric Trauma Score (ASPTS) | |||||
| ASPTS< 10 (n = 25; 3.5%) | 2 (28.6%) | 7 (3.0%) | 10 (4.4%) | 6 (2.5%) | 0.002 |
| ASPTS> 10 (n = 683; 96.5%) | 5 (71.4%) | 229 (97.0%) | 217 (95.6%) | 232 (97.5%) | |
| Pulse (n = 884) | |||||
| Abnormal (n = 159) | 5 (41.7%) | 52 (16.7%) | 35 (12.5%) | 67 (24%) | 0.001 |
| Normal (n = 725) | 7 (58.3%) | 260 (83.3%) | 246 (87.5%) | 212 (76%) | |
| Respiratory Rate (n = 801) | |||||
| Abnormal (n = 464) | 7 (87.5%) | 176 (62.6%) | 127 (49.6%) | 154 (60.2%) | 0.004 |
| Normal (n = 337) | 1 (12.5)% | 105 (37.4%) | 129 (50.4%) | 102 (39.8%) | |
| SaO2 (n = 868) | |||||
| Abnormal | 1 (8.3%) | 4 (1.3%) | 2 (0.7%) | 0 (0%) | 0.008 |
| Normal | 11 (91.7%) | 299 (98.7%) | 281 (99.3%) | 270 (100%) | |
| Systolic Blood Pressure (n = 783) | |||||
| Abnormal (n = 360) | 7 (77.8%) | 130 (50.8%) | 84 (32.4%) | 139 (52.8%) | < 0.001 |
| Normal (n = 423) | 2 (22.2%) | 126 (49.2%) | 171 (67.1%) | 124 (47.2%) | |
| Febrile (n = 892) | |||||
| Y es (n = 6) | 1 (11.1%) | 1 (0.3%) | 1 (0.3%) | 3 (1.1%) | < 0.001 |
| No (n = 886) | 8 (88.9%) | 317 (99.7%) | 282 (99.7%) | 279 (98.9) | |