Table 1 Characteristics of patients with traumatic cardiac arrest
Characteristics | All patients n = 557 | Group | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non-TC n = 367 | Cross-region TC n = 118 | TC n = 72 | |||
Age | 48.6 ± 20.5 | 50.2 ± 20.6 | 43.8 ± 19.8 | 48.6 ± 20.2 | 0.013 |
 < 18 y/o | 28 (5.0) | 18 (4.9) | 6 (5.1) | 4 (5.6) | 0.701 |
18–64 y/o | 403 (72.4) | 260 (70.8) | 91 (77.1) | 52 (72.2) |  |
 >  = 65 y/o | 126 (22.6) | 89 (24.3) | 21 (17.8) | 16 (22.2) |  |
Sex | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.220 |
Female | 191 (34.3) | 134 (36.5) | 38 (32.2) | 19 (26.4) | Â |
Male | 366 (65.7) | 233 (63.5) | 80 (67.8) | 53 (73.6) | Â |
Past History | |||||
Diabetes | 23 (4.1) | 19 (5.2) | 2 (1.7) | 2 (2.8) | 0.245 |
Hypertension | 37 (6.6) | 29 (7.9) | 4 (3.4) | 4 (5.6) | 0.213 |
Stroke | 4 (0.7) | 2 (0.5) | 1 (0.8) | 1 (1.4) | 0.425 |
Heart disease | 16 (2.9) | 13 (3.5) | 1 (0.8) | 2 (2.8) | 0.426 |
Chronic kidney disease | 7 (1.3) | 6 (1.6) | 1 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0.857 |
Cancer | 7 (1.3) | 6 (1.6) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.4) | 0.508 |
Mental-related illness | 52 (9.3) | 41 (11.2) | 7 (5.9) | 4 (5.6) | 0.125 |
Other Disease | 8 (1.4) | 5 (1.4) | 2 (1.7) | 1 (1.4) | 0.872 |
Injury part | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Head/Face | 184 (33.0) | 92 (25.1) | 55 (46.6) | 37 (51.4) |  < 0.001 |
Spine | 55 (9.9) | 22 (6.0) | 20 (16.9) | 13 (18.1) |  < 0.001 |
Chest | 151 (27.1) | 56 (15.3) | 57 (48.3) | 38 (52.8) |  < 0.001 |
Abdomen/Pelvic | 94 (16.9) | 42 (11.4) | 33 (28.0) | 19 (26.4) |  < 0.001 |
Limbs | 168 (30.2) | 80 (21.8) | 46 (39.0) | 42 (58.3) |  < 0.001 |
Mechanism | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.005 |
Blunt | 528 (94.8) | 354 (96.5) | 108 (91.5) | 66 (91.7) | Â |
Penetration | 14 (2.5) | 7 (1.9) | 6 (5.1) | 1 (1.4) | Â |
Burn | 10 (1.8) | 6 (1.6) | 1 (0.8) | 3 (4.2) | Â |
Others | 5 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (2.5) | 2 (2.8) | Â |