APPENDIX
(A)
CMF Trauma Patients
CMF Trauma w/
One TBI Condition
CMF Trauma w/
Two TBI Conditions
CMF Trauma w/
Three TBI Conditions
No. of cases 2966 707 89 13
Age, years
Mean 7 ± 4.7 7 ± 4.6 7 ± 4.5 6 ± 4.98
Range 0 to 16 0 to 16 0 to 16 0 to 14
Sex, no. of patients
Male 1897 (64.0%) 484 (68.5%) 51 (57.3%) 0 (69.2%)
Female 1069 (36.0%) 222 (31.4%) 38 (42.7%) 4 (30.8%)
Race, No. of patients
White 1773 (59.8%) 421 (59.5%) 52 (58.4%) 3 (23.1%)
Black 1042 (35.1%) 242 (34.2%) 34 (38.2%) 8 (61.5%)
Other 151 (5.1%) 15 (2.1%) 1 (1.1%) 2 (15.4%)
Deaths in Two years, no. of patients
169 (5.70%) 2 (15.4%)
Injury Severity Score (ISS) 13 ± 9.34 15 ± 10.2 23 ± 12.5 26 ± 10.1 Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)
Scene GCS 13 ± 3.74 12 ± 4.1 9 ±4.7 11 ± 4.0
ED GCS 13 ± 3.83 12 ± 4.4 9 ± 5.1 10 ± 5.5
Mechanism of injury
Blunt 2861 (96.5%) 685 (96.9%) 83 (93.3%) 13 (100%)
Penetrating 87 (2.93%) 13 (1.8%) 6 (6.7%) 0 (0.0%)
(B)
y = 4.7x + 12.2 R² = 0.946
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
0 1 2 3
ISS Score at Presentation
No. of TBI in Pediatric CMF Trauma Patient
P < 0.0001
(C)
Appendix 1. Characteristics of pediatric CMF trauma patients based on number of TBI conditions. (A) Demographics, presentation and outcome of pediatric CMF trauma patients based on number of TBI conditions. (B) Injury Severity Score (ISS) positively correlates with the number of TBI conditions. (C) Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) scores inversely correlate with the number of TBI conditions.
y = -1.2x + 12.8 R² = 0.72
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
0 1 2 3
Average GCS Score
No. of TBI in Pediatric CMF Trauma Patient
GCS Scene GCS ED P < 0.0001
