Pelvic fractures in blunt trauma patients: A comparative study

Table 3 Comparison of propensity score matched by abbreviated injury score of pelvis and mechanism of injury non-geriatric and geriatric patients with pelvic fractures, n (%)

Variable	Non-geriatric (n = 183)	Geriatric (n = 183)	P value
Mechanism of injury	-	-	0.8
Fall	48 (26.2)	48 (26.2)	-
Motor vehicle	134 (73.2)	133 (72.7)	-
Other	1 (0.5)	2 (1.1)	-
AIS pelvis	-	-	0.9
2	124 (67.8)	127 (69.4)	-
3	21 (11.5)	17 (9.3)	-
4	29 (15.8)	30 (16.4)	-
5	9 (4.9)	9 (4.9)	-
Age, mean	42.8	78.8	< 0.001a
Sex (Female/Male)	75 (41.0)/108 (59.0)	105 (57.9)/77 (42.1)	0.001a
Comorbidities	99 (54.1)	172 (94.0)	< 0.001a
Anticoagulation	10 (5.5)	81 (44.3)	< 0.001a
Glasgow coma scale, mean	12.9	14.0	0.002a
Injury severity score, mean	16.5	15.7	0.4
Any blood transfusion	71 (38.8)	87 (47.5)	0.1
Co-injury types	-	-	-
Head	52 (28.4)	38 (20.8)	0.1
Spine	27 (14.8)	31 (16.9)	0.6
Thoracic	31 (16.9)	51 (27.9)	0.01a
Abdominal	34 (18.6)	30 (16.4)	0.6
CT with contrast	168 (90.8)	149 (80.5)	0.005a
Contrast blush	29 (17.5)	35 (24.5)	0.1
Pelvic angiogram	29 (15.8)	37 (20.2)	0.3
Pelvic embolization	17 (58.6)	26 (70.3)	0.3
Pelvic orthopedic surgery	35 (19.1)	14 (7.7)	0.001a
Time: Admission to pelvic surgery, mean h	37.9	20.2	0.1
Exploratory laparotomy	24 (13.1)	19 (10.4)	0.4
ICU admission	96 (52.5)	114 (62.3)	0.1
ICU length of stay, mean days	7.3	8.1	0.5
Hospital length of stay, mean days	11.9	9.1	0.04a
Do not resuscitate order	6 (3.3)	40 (21.9)	< 0.001a
Mortality	7 (3.8)	24 (13.1)	0.001a
Hospital discharge disposition	-	-	< 0.001a
Expired in hospital	5 (2.7)	6 (3.3)	-
Hospice	2 (1.1)	18 (9.8)	-
Long term care hospital	8 (4.4)	11 (6.0)	-
Skilled nursing facility	12 (6.6)	59 (32.2)	-
Rehabilitation facility	65 (35.5)	68 (37.2)	-
Home	91 (49.7)	21 (11.5)	-

^aP < 0.05.

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