Table 3 Patients’ outcome distributed according to thorax trauma severity score (TTSS)
TTSS parameters | Prognosis of patients | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Discharge | Morbidity | Mortality | |||
N = 56 | N = 216 | N = 28 | |||
Pleural involvement | No | 56(18.70%) | 20(6.70%) | 0(0.00%) | < 0.001 |
Pneumothorax | 0(0.00%) | 76(25.30%) | 0(0.00%) | ||
Hemothorax or hemo/pneumothorax unilateral | 0(0.00%) | 84(28.00%) | 0(0.00%) | ||
Hemothorax or hemo/pneumothorax bilateral | 0(0.00%) | 32(10.70%) | 8(2.70%) | ||
Tension pneumothorax | 0(0.00%) | 4(0.00%) | 20(6.70%) | ||
Lung contusion | No | 56(18.70%) | 100(33.30%) | 0(0.00%) | < 0.001 |
Unilobar unilateral | 0(0.00%) | 32(10.70%) | 0(0.00%) | ||
Unilobar bilateral or bilobar unilateral | 0(0.00%) | 28(9.30%) | 0(0.00%) | ||
Bilateral < 2 lobes | 0(0.00%) | 20(6.70%) | 0(0.00%) | ||
Bilateral > 2 lobes | 0(0.00%) | 36(12.00%) | 28(9.30%) | ||
Rib fractures | No | 56(18.70%) | 144(48.00%) | 0(0.00%) | < 0.001 |
1–3 Fracture ribs | 0(0.00%) | 28(9.30%) | 4(1.30%) | ||
3–6 Fracture ribs | 0(0.00%) | 28(9.30%) | 0(0.00%) | ||
> 3 Bilateral fracture ribs | 0(0.00%) | 8(2.70%) | 8(2.70%) | ||
Flail chest | 0(0.00%) | 8(2.70%) | 16(5.30%) | ||
PaO2/FiO2 | > 400 | 56(18.70%) | 24(8.00%) | 0(0.00%) | < 0.001 |
300–400 | 0(0.00%) | 80(26.70%) | 0(0.00%) | ||
200–300 | 0(0.00%) | 60(20.00%) | 0(0.00%) | ||
150–200 | 0(0.00%) | 28(9.30%) | 0(0.00%) | ||
< 150 | 0(0.00%) | 24(8.00%) | 28(9.30%) | ||