Single solid organ injury versus multiple solid organ injury
Variables | Single solid organ injury (n=31) | Multiple solid organ injury (n=8) | P value |
Age (years), median (IQR) | 10 (7–12) | 8.5 (6.5–10) | 0.43 |
Sex, n (%) | 1.00 | ||
Male | 17 (54.8) | 5 (62.5) | |
Female | 14 (45.2) | 3 (37.5) | |
Mechanism, n (%) | 0.02 | ||
Traffic accident | 5 (16.1) | 6 (75.0) | |
Bicycle accident | 6 (19.3) | 0 (0.0) | |
Blow | 13 (41.9) | 0 (0.0) | |
Fall | 7 (22.6) | 2 (25.0) | |
Injured organ, n (%) | 0.03 | ||
Kidney | 2 (9.7) | 4 (50.0) | |
Liver | 20 (64.5) | 6 (75.0) | |
Spleen | 6 (19.4) | 4 (50.0) | |
Pancreas | 8 (25.8) | 1 (12.5) | |
Injury Severity Score, mean±SD | 8.5±6.0 | 15.5±7.5 | 0.01 |
Pediatric Trauma Score, mean±SD | 11.4±1.4 | 7.9±2.6 | <0.01 |
ICU hospitalization, n (%) | 2 (6.4) | 7 (87.5) | <0.01 |
Bed rest (days), mean±SD | 10.2±5.8 | 21.2±6.8 | 0.01 |
Mortality, n (%) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | n.s. |
ICU, intensive care unit; IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation.