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Table 4 Characteristics of patients with respiratory failure

From: Risk factors predicting prognosis and outcome of elderly patients with isolated traumatic brain injury

Variables

Respiratory stable

n = 270 (%)

Respiratory unstable

n = 29 (%)

p value

Mortality

54 (20.5)

23 (79.3)

< 0.0001

Age1

81 (8.7)

78 (7.9)

n.s

GCS score at the ED2

13.6 (3–15)

10.2 (3–15)

< 0.0001

AIS-head1

3.6 (0.7)

4.3 (0.8)

< 0.0001

ISS1

13.3 (5.7)

19.2 (6.3)

< 0.0001

  1. GCS Glasgow Coma Scale, ISS Injury Severity Score, AIS Abbreviated Injury Scale, n.s not significant
  2. 1Mean (SD)
  3. 2Median (range)
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