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Table 2 Differences in patient and injury characteristics between Transferred and Non Transferred patients

From: Interfacility transfers in a non-trauma system setting: an assessment of the Greek reality

CHARACTERISTIC

NON TRANSFERRED

TRANSFERRED

Gender, N (%)

Female

2409 (89.2)

291 (10.8)

 

Male

4950 (85.0)

874 (15.0)

Age (y)

(mean ± SD)

45.8 ± 22.2

40.6 ± 23.4

I.S.S

(median ± IQR)*

4.0 ± 5.0

9.0 ± 9.0

Mechanism of injury

Burn

108 (72.5)

41 (27.5)

N (%)

Blunt

6459 (86.4)

1015 (13.6)

 

Penetrating

374 (88.4)

49 (11.6)

 

Unknown

418 (87.4)

60 (12.6)

Cause of injury

Industrial

452 (83.1)

92 (16.9)

N (%)

MVC**

3028 (83.6)

596 (16.4)

 

Fall

2500 (89.1)

306 (10.9)

 

Illegal act

432 (91.9)

38 (8.1)

 

Sports

130 (94.2)

8 (5.8)

 

Other

233 (82.6)

49 (17.4)

 

Unknown

584 (88.5)

76 (11.5)

  1. * Inter quartile range
  2. ** MVC, Motor Vehicle Collision