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Table 2 Odds ratios of in-hospital mortality following TDI according to patient characteristics

From: Characteristics, outcomes, and prognostic factors in patients with penetrating and blunt traumatic diaphragmatic injury: a nationwide retrospective cohort study in Japan

Variables

Death

n = 162 (21.0%)

Survived

n = 609 (79.0%)

OR (95%CI)

P value

Age, years

62 [44–75]

54 [38–68]

1.02 (1.01–1.03)

 < 0.001

Sex, Male

104 (64.2%)

411 (67.5%)

0.86 (0.60–1.24)

0.45

Type of trauma

 Penetrating injury

19 (11.7%)

211 (34.6%)

0.25 (0.15–0.41)

 < 0.001

 Blunt injury

143 (88.3%)

398 (65.4%)

1 (reference)

-

TDI classification

 Contusion (OIS I)

12 (7.4%)

41 (6.7%)

1 (reference)

-

 Laceration (OIS II-IV)

75 (46.3%)

295 (48.4%)

0.86 (0.43–1.73)

0.71

 Rupture with herniation

75 (46.3%)

273 (44.8%)

0.93 (0.46–1.87)

0.85

Hypotension on hospital arrival*

85 (52.5%)

121 (19.9%)

4.45 (3.08–6.42)

 < 0.001

Shock Index ≥ 1 on hospital arrival**

92 (56.8%)

200 (32.8%)

2.68 (1.88–3.82)

 < 0.001

ISS

41 [28–50]

25 [18–34]

1.07 (1.06–1.09)

 < 0.001

RTS

5.1 [2.8–6.6]

7.6 [6.6–7.8]

0.48 (0.42–0.55)

 < 0.001

Body region of severe concomitant injury

 Head

56 (34.6%)

103 (16.9%)

2.59 (1.76–3.82)

 < 0.001

 Abdomen

87 (53.7%)

237 (38.9%)

1.82 (1.28–2.58)

 < 0.001

 Vertebra

8 (4.9%)

28 (4.6%)

1.07 (0.48–2.41)

0.83

 Upper extremity

18 (11.1%)

23 (3.8%)

3.18 (1.67–6.05)

 < 0.001

 Lower extremity including pelvis

73 (45.1%)

112 (18.4%)

3.63 (2.51–5.27)

 < 0.001

Associated injury

 Hemothorax or pneumothorax

68 (42.0%)

253 (41.5%)

1.01 (0.71–1.44)

0.92

 Tension pneumothorax

4 (2.5%)

12 (2.0%)

1.25 (0.40–3.95)

0.75

 Massive hemothorax

6 (3.7%)

15 (2.5%)

1.52 (0.58–3.98)

0.41

 Flail chest

14 (8.6%)

22 (3.6%)

2.52 (1.26–5.05)

0.011

 Thoracic aorta

14 (8.6%)

26 (4.3%)

2.12 (1.08–4.16)

0.043

 Heart

12 (7.4%)

16 (2.6%)

2.96 (1.37–6.40)

0.007

 Lung

60 (37.0%)

224 (36.8%)

1.01 (0.70–1.44)

1.00

 Rib

90 (55.6%)

268 (44.0%)

1.59 (1.12–2.25)

0.010

 Sternum

6 (3.7%)

12 (2.0%)

1.91 (0.70–5.17)

0.23

 Colon

12 (7.4%)

43 (7.1%)

1.05 (0.54–2.04)

0.86

 Intestine

10 (6.2%)

49 (8.1%)

0.75 (0.37–1.51)

0.50

 Kidney

19 (11.7%)

55 (9.0%)

1.33 (0.76–2.32)

0.29

 Live

61 (37.7%)

187 (30.7%)

1.36 (0.94–1.95)

0.10

 Mesentery

22 (13.6%)

62 (10.2%)

1.38 (0.82–2.33)

0.25

 Pancreas

7 (4.3%)

23 (3.8%)

1.15 (0.48–2.73)

0.81

 Spleen

35 (21.6%)

120 (19.7%)

1.12 (0.73–1.71)

0.58

 Stomach

8 (4.9%)

58 (9.5%)

0.49 (0.23–1.05)

0.080

CT of chest/abdomen

112 (69.1%)

544 (89.3%)

0.26 (0.17–0.40)

 < 0.001

Initial therapeutic management

 Thoracotomy/laparotomy

96 (59.3%)

453 (74.4%)

0.50 (0.34–0.71)

 < 0.001

 Endoscopic surgery alone

1 (0.6%)

29 (4.8%)

0.12 (0.01–0.91)

0.010

 Non-operative management

65 (40.1%)

127 (20.9%)

2.54 (1.75–3.68)

 < 0.001

Diaphragm repair

37 (22.8%)

355 (58.3%)

0.21 (0.14–0.31)

 < 0.001

Blood transfusion within 24 h

134 (82.7%)

401 (65.8%)

2.74 (1.72–4.37)

 < 0.001

  1. Crude odds ratios were calculated for 771 patients. Data are presented as number (percentage) or median [IQR]
  2. TDI traumatic diaphragmatic injury, OIS organ injury scale, ISS injury severity score, RTS revised trauma score, IQR interquartile range, OR odds ratio, CI, confidence interval
  3. *Systolic blood pressure < 90 mmHg, excluding cardiac arrest
  4. **Excluding cardiac arrest
  5. †maximum Abbreviated Injury Scale ≥ 3