Table 1 Epidemiology of patients admitted to Trauma centers during pandemic period (2020) and non-pandemic period (2017–2019)

Variable

Non-pandemic

Pandemic

Non-pandemic

Pandemic (SL)

Non-pandemic

Pandemic (ML)

Number of admitted patients

2916^b

2481

466^b

237

312^b

189

Age (Years)

36 [25, 52]

34 [23, 50] ^a

37 [25, 53]

35 [26, 49]

36 [25, 54]

33 [23, 48] ^a

Gender (Men)

2279^b (78.5)

2002 (82.2) ^a

364^b (78.2)

196 (83.1)

235^b (76.1)

147 (78.2)

 Penetrating trauma

364^b (12.5)

387 (15.6) ^a

55^b (11.8)

36 (15.2) ^a

39^b (12.4)

34 (18.0) ^a

 Road traffic accident

1566^b (53.7)

1452 (50.5) ^a

249^b (53.3)

93 (39.9) ^a

170^b (54.7)

91 (48.1) ^a

 Fall from height

606^b (20.8)

546 (22.0) ^a

97b (20.9)

86 (36.6) ^a

55^b (17.8)

52 (27.5) ^a

 Other

381^b (13.1)

296 (11.9) ^a

64^b (13.7)

12 (9.3) ^a

47^b (15.2)

12 (6.3) ^a

ISS

11 [5, 21]

11 [5, 20]

11 [5, 22]

12 [5, 20]

12 [5, 22]

13 [8, 22]

SAPS 2

20 [13, 34]

20 [13, 31]

21 [13, 34]

21 [13, 30]

21 [13, 36]

20 [13, 32]

Hemorrhagic shock

176^b (6.1)

141 (5.8)

33^b (7.1)

11 (4.8)

19^b (6.2)

11 (5.8)

Traumatic brain injury

707^b (24.4)

516 (21.7) ^a

108^b (23.4)

44 (19.4)

80^b (26.2)

30 (16.5)

Surgery in the first 24 h

1452^b (49.8)

1226 (49.4)

240^b (51.6)

127 (53.6)

140^b (45.5)

96 (50.8)

In-hospital mortality

832^b (9.6)

171 (7.5) ^a

133^b (9.6)

10 (4.6)

101^b (10.9)

14 (8.1)

ICU Length of stay (days)

2 [2, 6]

2 [2, 5]

2 [2, 6]

2 [2, 5]

2 [2, 7]

2 [2, 6]

Predicted mortality (TRISS, mean, SD) (%)

8.5 (19.1)

7.4 (17.9)

8.4 (19.3)

7.7 (19.2)

9.2 (19.8)