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Predictors of Patient Outcomes Associated with Transfer Status to Definitive Care Hospitals: A Study of Admitted Road Traffic Injured Patients in Two Major Trauma Hospitals in The Gambia
Current Research in Public Health
| Vol 4, Issue 1
Table 3. urycharacteristics/treatment given/disposition by type of transfer to definitivecare
| N | (%) | N (%) | (%) | N | (%) | p-value1 | Mean | SD | Median | IQR6 |
| Nature of Injury | 0.002 | |||||||||
| Soft tissue | 100 | (41.5) | 74 (36.6) | (74.0) | 26 (66.7) | (26.0) | 212.5 | 421.7 | 95.0 | 60-200 |
| Fracture/dislocation | 100 | (41.5) | 91 (45) | (91.0) | 9 (23.1) | (9.0) | 636.6 | 3212.9 | 134.5 | 80-237 |
| Concussion/brain | 41 | (17.0) | 37 (18.3) | (90.2) | 4 (10.3) | (9.8) | 199.0 | 259.4 | 135.0 | 90-185 |
| Body Parts Injured | 0.082 | |||||||||
| Head/Face/Neck | 106 | (44.0) | 83 | (78.3) | 23 | (21.7) | 238.2 | 452.8 | 115.0 | 60-185 |
| Trunk | 15 | (6.2) | 13 | (86.7) | 2 | (13.3) | 420.7 | 853.6 | 95.0 | 35-395 |
| Extremity | 120 | (49.8) | 107 | (89.2) | 13 | (10.8) | 532.9 | 2956.1 | 140.0 | 80-240 |
| Antibiotics | 0.004 | |||||||||
| Yes | 53 | (21.2) | 38 (10.1) | (71.7) | 15 (37.5) | (28.3) | 447.5 | 813.0 | 120 | 65-210 |
| No | 197 | (78.8) | 172 (81.9) | (87.3) | 25 (62.5) | (12.7) | 372.5 | 2288.7 | 126.0 | 73-235.5 |
| Analgesics | 0.014 | |||||||||
| Yes | 150 | (60.0) | 133 | (88.7) | 17 | (11.3) | 540.7 | 2643.4 | 150.0 | 80-280 |
| No | 100 | (40.0) | 77 | (77.0) | 23 | (23.0) | 148.5 | 191.9 | 103.0 | 60-168 |
| Dressing | 0.164 | |||||||||
| Yes | 93 | (37.2) | 82 | (88.2) | 11 | (11.8) | 397.2 | 670.1 | 180.0 | 90-300 |
| No | 157 | (62.8) | 128 | (81.5) | 29 | (18.5) | 382.0 | 2580.2 | 109.0 | 60-168 |
| IV fluid | < 0.0001 | |||||||||
| Yes | 209 | (83.6) | 193 (91.9) | (92.3) | 16 (40) | (7.7) | 277.0 | 493.0 | 135.0 | 80-240 |
| No | 41 | (16.4) | 17 (8.1) | (41.5) | 24 (60) | (58.5) | 998.0 | 5182.2 | 65.0 | 30-108 |
| Disposition from hospital2 | 0.069 | |||||||||
| Home | 183 | (73.8) | 153 | (83.6) | 30 | (16.4) | 417.3 | 2406.1 | 117.5 | 65-229.5 |
| Traditional Healers | 7 | (14.9) | 4 | (57.1) | 3 | (42.9) | 266.1 | 513.4 | 133.0 | 80-200 |
| This hospital for dressing | 37 | (3.6) | 35 | (94.6) | 2 | (5.4) | 190.8 | 92.8 | 180.0 | 140-240 |
| Other health institutions3 | 9 | (2.8) | 8 | (88.9) | 1 | (11.1) | 734.3 | 1052.5 | 366.5 | 68-775 |
| Died | 3 | (3.6) | 2 | (66.7) | 1 | (33.3) | 213.9 | 246.4 | 140.0 | 95-225 |
| Other4 | 9 | (1.2) | 8 | (88.9) | 1 | (11.1) | 85.3 | 37.1 | 73.0 | 56-127 |