Table 1

Pre versus post inpatient bivariate analysis

Premorning report (n=6556)Postmorning report (n=4697)P values
Age, years45.2±19.449.4±20.9<0.0001
Male, n (%)4579 (69.8)3050 (64.9)<0.0001
Mode of arrival0.932
 Air, n (%)1351 (20.6)971 (20.7)
 Ground, n (%)5205 (79.4)3726 (79.3)
Mechanism of injury<0.0001
 Blunt, n (%)5419 (82.7)4175 (88.9)
 Burn, n (%)28 (0.4)23 (0.5)
 Penetrating, n (%)1109 (16.9)499 (10.6)
ISS11.2±9.511.5±10.30.144
NISS14.8±12.115.2±13.60.091
TRISS1.0±0.131.0±0.130.535
GCS score at admission, n (%)0.728
 <13880 (13.5)623 (13.3)
 13–155632 (86.5)4066 (86.7)
Alive, %6297 (96.0)4546 (96.8)0.040
Length of stay (0 removed)6.0±8.54.9±6.5<0.0001
Intensive care unit length of stay2.1±5.01.5±3.8<0.0001
Total vent days1.3±4.40.9±3.0<0.0001
Number of comorbidities1.9±1.22.1±1.50.001
  • GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; ISS, Injury Severity Score; NISS, New Injury Severity Score; TRISS, Trauma and Injury Severity Score.