Pelvic fractures in blunt trauma patients: A comparative study

Table 1 General characteristics of patients with pelvic fractures, n (%)

Variable	Patients with pelvic fractures (n = 558)
Age, mean (SD)	62.0 (22.6)
Geriatric	291 (52.2)
Sex (Female/Male)	284 (50.9) / 274 (49.1)
Comorbidities	423 (75.8)
Anticoagulation	152 (27.2)
Mechanism of injury	-
Fall	204 (36.6)
Motor vehicle (Pedestrian/Bicycle/Motorcycle)	344 (61.6)
Other (Assault, Crush)	10 (1.8)
Glasgow coma scale, mean (SD)	13.7 (3.3)
Injury severity score, mean (SD)	15.7 (10.7)
AIS pelvis	-
2	386 (69.2)
3	62 (11.1)
4	84 (15.1)
5	26 (4.7)
Any blood transfusion	220 (39.6)
Presence of co-injuries	286 (51.3)
Co-Injury types	-
Head	126 (22.6)
Spine	81 (14.5)
Thoracic	111 (19.9)
Abdominal	93 (16.7)
CT with contrast	448 (80.3)
Contrast blush	89 (19.9)
Pelvic angiogram	102 (18.3)
Pelvic embolization	61 (59.8)
Pelvic orthopedic surgery	74 (13.3)
Time: Admission to pelvic surgery, mean h	75.0
Exploratory laparotomy	64 (11.5)
ICU admission	321 (57.5)
ICU length of stay, mean days (SD)	7.7 (9.3)
Hospital length of stay, mean days (SD)	10.9 (17.5)
Do not resuscitate order	77 (13.8)
Mortality	40 (7.2)
Hospital discharge disposition	-
Expired in hospital	14 (2.5)
Hospice	26 (4.7)
Long term care hospital	26 (4.7)
Skilled nursing facility	126 (22.6)
Rehabilitation facility	192 (34.4)
Home	174 (31.2)

AIS: Abbreviated injury scale; CT: Computed tomography; ICU: Intensive care unit.