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Table 3 Hospital Interventions & Outcomes (N = 1328) a,b,c

From: Epidemiology of pediatric trauma in the Kingdom of Bahrain: a national pediatric trauma registry pilot study

Variable <1 year 1 to 4 years 5 to 9 years 10–14 years p value
(n = 23) (n = 454) (n = 450) (n = 401)
Imaging Performed (n = 1328)
 Yes (n = 707; 53.23%) 12 (52.2%) 178 (39.2%) 215 (47.8%) 302 (75.3%)  
 No (n = 621; 46.76%) 11 (47.8%) 276 (60.8%) 235 (52.2%) 99 (24.7%) < 0.001
Positive Trauma Findings Amongst Those with Imaging (n = 707)
 Yes (n = 261; 36.91%) 5 (41.7%) 60 (33.7%) 78 (36.3%) 118 (39.1%)  
 No /Unknown (n = 446; 63.08) 7 (58.3%) 118 (66.3%) 137 (63.7%) 184 (60.9%) 0.672
Emergency Department Interventions (n = 666; 50.15%)
 Advanced Cardiac Life Support Trauma Resuscitation (n = 6; 0.90%) 1 (25.0%) 3 (1.3%) 1 (0.4%) 1 (0.5%) < 0.0001
 Fracture Management (n = 319; 47.9%) 1 (25.00%) 70 (31.0%) 90 (39.3%) 158 (76.3%)
 Wound Management (n = 303; 45.50%) 2 (50.0%) 139 (61.5%) 119 (52.0%) 43 (20.8%)
 Fracture + Wound Management (n = 5; 0.75%) 0 (0%) 2 (0.9%) 1 (0.4%) 2 (1.0%)
 Activated Charcoal (n = 1; 0.15%) 0 (0%) 1 (0.4%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
 Child Protective Services (n = 7; 1.05%) 0 (0%) 7 (3.1%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
 Antibiotics (n = 25; 3.75%) 0 (0%) 4 (1.8%) 18 (7.9%) 3 (1.4%)
 Systemic Analgesia (n = 649; 48.87%) 4 (57.1%) 183 (64.2%) 207 (71.4%) 255 (89.8%)
Hospital Disposition (n = 1297)
 Hospital Admission (n = 19) 0 (0%) 11 (2.4%) 5 (1.1%) 3 (0.7%) p < 0.0001
 Admission to Surgery (n = 82) 6 (27.3%) 23 (5.1%) 32 (7.3%) 21 (5.2%)
 Mortality (n = 6) 1 (4.5%) 4 (0.9%) 0 (0%) 1 (0.2%)
 Treated and Discharged or Referred to Specialist (n = 1190) 15 (68.2%) 407 (91.5%) 404 (91.6%) 364 (93.6%)
  1. avalues are frequencies and column percentages for categorical variables.
  2. bp values reported are for Chi-square for categorical variables.
  3. cED intervention categories are not mutually exclusive and percentages may not add up to 100%..