Table 1 Demographic features of liver injury and non-liver injury patients
From: Role of liver enzymes in patients with blunt abdominal trauma to diagnose liver injury
| Liver injury (n = 38) | Non-liver injury (n = 58) | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, median (range) years | 27.0 (3–76) | 31.50 (6–83) | 0.848 |
| Gender, n (%) | 0.236 | ||
| Male | 30 (78.9) | 51 (87.9) | |
| Female | 8 (21.1) | 7 (12.1) | |
| Mechanism, n (%) | 0.654 | ||
| Motor vehicle accident | 27 (71.1) | 42 (72.4) | |
| Fall from height | 7 (18.4) | 12 (20.7) | |
| Physical assault | 4 (10.5) | 3 (5.2) | |
| Crush injury | 0 | 1 (1.7) | |
| CT scan, n (%) | 0.102 | ||
| Performed | 37 (97.4) | 51 (87.9) | |
| Not performed | 1 (2.6) | 7 (12.1) | |
| ICU admission, n (%) | 0.338 | ||
| Admitted | 35 (92.1) | 56 (96.6) | |
| Not admitted | 3 (7.9) | 2 (3.4) | |
| Re-admission in ICU, n (%) | 0.854 | ||
| Yes | 3 (7.9) | 4 (6.9) | |
| No | 35 (92.1) | 54 (93.1) | |
| Surgical intervention (all surgery), n (%) | 0.494 | ||
| Performed | 15 (39.5) | 27 (46.6) | |
| Not performed | 23 (60.5) | 31 (53.4) | |
| ICU stay, median, (range) days | 3 (0–22) | 3 (0–26) | 0.721 |
| Total hospital, median (range) days | 9 (2–42) | 9 (1–60) | 0.997 |
| Mortality, n (%) | 0.536 | ||
| Yes | 2 (5.3) | 5 (8.6) | |
| No | 36 (94.7) | 53 (91.4) |