Skip to main content

Table 1 Crude analysis for all rib fracture patients

From: RETRACTED ARTICLE: The role of acute care surgeons in treating rib fractures—a retrospective cohort study from a single level I trauma center

Variables

Total (n = 5103)

P value

TR (n = 3611, 70.8%)

CTS (n = 156, 3.1%)

NS (n = 750, 14.7%)

PS (n = 76, 1.5%)

Ortho (n = 489, 9.6%)

Other (n = 21, 0.4%)

a. Distribution, basic demographics, and outcomes for all rib fracture patients

Sex (male, ratio)

2606 (72.2%)

135 (86.5%)

536 (71.5%)

56 (73.7%)

329 (67.3%)

13 (61.9%)

 < 0.001

Age (Median, IQR)

54 (40–65)

47.5 (33–58)

55 (43–67)

47 (31–59)

53 (38–64)

53 (14–71)

 < 0.001

ISS (Median, IQR)

16 (10–24)

21 (16–29)

29 (20–36)

13 (9–22)

13 (8–18)

14 (10–22)

 < 0.001

Chest AIS (Median, IQR)

3 (3–4)

4 (4–4)

3 (2–4)

2 (1–3)

2 (1–3)

3 (2–4)

 < 0.001

NISS (Median, IQR)

18 (13–27)

29 (18–36)

30 (22–41)

15.5 (11–23)

14 (10–22)

16 (10–29)

 < 0.001

ICU LOS (Median, IQR)

0 (0–4)

4 (2–7)

3 (0–9)

0 (0–6)

0 (0–0)

2 (0–3)

 < 0.001

Total LOS (Median, IQR)

9 (5–15)

13 (7–19)

13 (6–25)

13.5 (6.5–20.5)

9 (6–15)

6 (4–14)

 < 0.001

Mortality (ratio)

107 (3.0%)

18 (11.5%)

104 (13.9%)

2 (2.6%)

3 (0.6%)

2 (9.5%)

 < 0.001

Variables

Total (n = 3040)

P value

TR (n = 2044, 67.2%)

CTS (n = 131, 4.3%)

NS (n = 672, 22.1%)

PS (n = 32, 1.1%)

Ortho (n = 151, 5.0%)

Other (n = 10, 0.3%)

 

b. Distribution, basic demographics, and outcomes for all rib fracture patients with ISS ≥ 16

Sex (male, ratio)

1516 (74.2%)

113 (86.3%)

488 (72.6%)

23 (71.9%)

105 (69.5%)

5 (50%)

0.008

Age (Median, IQR)

51 (38–63)

47 (31–59)

55 (42–67)

45 (21–62)

50 (35–62)

42 (14–68)

 < 0.001

ISS (Median, IQR)

22 (19–29)

24 (20–29)

29 (24–36)

22 (18–29)

22 (18–25)

24 (21–32)

 < 0.001

Chest AIS (Median, IQR)

4 (3–4)

4 (4–4)

3 (2–4)

3 (2–3)

3 (3–4)

4 (3–4)

 < 0.001

NISS (Median, IQR)

25 (20–34)

29 (24–41)

34 (24–41)

24 (22–29)

27 (22–29)

31 (21–36)

 < 0.001

ICU LOS (Median, IQR)

3 (0–6)

5 (2–8)

4 (0–10)

4.5 (0–11)

0 (0–4)

2 (0–4)

 < 0.001

Total LOS (Median, IQR)

12 (8–20)

15 (9–22)

14 (7–26)

18.5 (14–29.5)

15 (10–22)

6.5 (3–16)

 < 0.001

Mortality (ratio)

101 (4.9%)

18 (13.7%)

104 (15.5%)

2 (6.3%)

3 (2.0%)

2 (20%)

0.002

Variables

Total (n = 1464)

P value

TR (n = 867, 59.2%)

CTS (n = 64, 4.4%)

NS (n = 462, 31.6%)

PS (n = 9, 0.6%)

Ortho (n = 57, 3.9%)

Other (n = 5, 0.3%)

 

c. Distribution, basic demographics, and outcomes for all rib fracture patients with ISS ≥ 25

Sex (male, ratio)

651 (75.1%)

56 (87.5%)

348 (75.3%)

6 (66.7%)

37 (64.9%)

2 (40%)

0.034

Age (Median, IQR)

48 (34–61)

43 (31–55)

54.5 (42–67)

49 (20–61)

50 (36–60)

14 (14–40)

 < 0.001

ISS (Median, IQR)

32 (29–36)

29 (26–34)

34 (29–38)

29 (29–33)

27 (25–34)

32 (29–34)

 < 0.001

Chest AIS (Median, IQR)

4 (3–4)

4 (4–5)

3 (3–4)

4 (2–4)

4 (3–4)

3 (3–4)

 < 0.001

NISS (Median, IQR)

34 (29–41)

41 (34–43)

38 (33–43)

34 (29–38)

33 (29–34)

34 (32–45)

 < 0.001

ICU LOS (Median, IQR)

5 (3–11)

6.5 (4–11)

6 (2–12)

2 (0–7)

3 (0–6)

2 (2–4)

0.002

Total LOS (Median, IQR)

17 (11–26)

18 (11.5–27)

19 (9–29)

22 (13–29)

18 (13–28)

9 (2–16)

0.360

Mortality (ratio)

84 (9.7%)

15 (23.4%)

98 (21.2%)

2 (22.2%)

2 (3.5%)

1 (20%)

0.428

  1. ISS injury severity score, AIS Abbreviated Injury Scale, NISS new injury severity score, ICU intensive care unit, LOS length of stay