22 March 2024: Clinical Research
A Retrospective Study to Compare the Glasgow Coma Score, Pediatric Trauma Score, and Injury Severity Score and Outcomes in 118 Pediatric Trauma Patients at a Single Emergency Center in Turkey
Habibe Selmin Özensoy ABCDEFG , Selahattin Gürü ABCDEFG*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.943501
Med Sci Monit 2024; 30:e943501
Table 1 Demographic characteristics, trauma mechanisms, injury patterns, and clinical outcomes of pediatric trauma patients in the emergency department.
| Age, years | Median (range) | 10 (0–17) | |
| Sex | Female, n (%) | 50 (42.4%) | |
| Male, n (%) | 68 (57.6%) | ||
| Trauma mechanism | RTAs | Passenger, n (%) | 43 (36.4%) |
| Motorcycle, n (%) | 4 (3.4%) | ||
| Hit as a pedestrian, n (%) | 27 (22.9%) | ||
| Bicycle, n (%) | 6 (5.1%) | ||
| FFH, n (%) | 31 (26.3%) | ||
| Other, n (%) | 7 (5.9%) | ||
| GCS | Median (range) | 15 (3–15) | |
| ISS | Median (range) | 2 (0–24) | |
| PTS | Median (range) | 11 (5–12) | |
| Head neck injury | Yes, n (%) | 48 (40.7%) | |
| No, n (%) | 70 (59.3%) | ||
| Thoracic injury | Yes, n (%) | 21 (17.8%) | |
| No, n (%) | 97 (82.2%) | ||
| Abdominal injury | Yes, n (%) | 24 (20.3%) | |
| No, n (%) | 92 (79.7%) | ||
| Extremity injury | Yes, n (%) | 50 (42.4%) | |
| No, n (%) | 68 (57.6%) | ||
| Number of body zones injured | 0, n (%) | 56 (47.5%) | |
| 1, n (%) | 36 (30.5%) | ||
| 2, n (%) | 22 (18.6%) | ||
| 3, n (%) | 4 (3.4%) | ||
| Diagnosis | Solid organ injury, n (%) | 3 (2.5%) | |
| Maxillofacial injury, n (%) | 1 (0.8%) | ||
| Lung injury, n (%) | 6 (5.1%) | ||
| Intracranial hemorrhage, n (%) | 14 (11.9%) | ||
| Extremity injury, n (%) | 17 (14.8%) | ||
| Soft-tissue injury, n (%) | 50 (42.4%) | ||
| Multitrauma, n (%) | 17 (14.4%) | ||
| Others, n (%) | 9 (7.5%) | ||
| Hospitalization | Discharge from ED, n (%) | 66 (55.9%) | |
| Transfer to a non-ICU hospital department, n (%) | 19 (16.1%) | ||
| ICU, n (%) | 33 (28%) | ||
| Final status | Survived, n (%) | 117 (99.2%) | |
| Did not survive, n (%) | 1 (0.8%) | ||
| ED – Emergency Department; n – number; GCS– Glasgow Coma Scale, ISS – Injury Severity Score; PTS – Pediatric Trauma Score; ICU – Intensive Care Unit; RTAs – road traffic accidents; FFH – falling from height. | |||