Percentage of patients indirectly admitted to the dedicated trauma centre by type of referring hospital, in the period 2007–2012
| Referred from | Level I TC (Hub) in a SIAT without a neurosurgical level II TC (Spoke) Romagna | Level I TC (Hub) in a SIAT with a level II TC (Spoke) Emilia | ||||||||||
| Total | Non-neurosurgical level II TC (Spoke) | Another level I TC (Hub) | Another region | Missing | Total | Non-neurosurgical level II TC (Spoke) | Neurosurgical level II TC (Spoke) | Another level I TC (Hub) | Another region | Missing | ||
| Total ISS19 >15 with secondary admission to trauma centre, No (%) | 393 (100%) | 346 (88.0%) | 1 (0.3%) | 18 (4.6%) | 28 (7.1%) | 321 (100%) | 183 (57.0%) | 39 (12.1%) | 11 (3.4%) | 26 (8.1%) | 62 (19.4%) | |
| TBI, No (%) | AISc ≥320 | 201 (51.1%) | 178 (45.3%) | 1 (0.3%) | 8 (2.0%) | 14 (3.6%) | 118 (36.8%) | 83 (25.9%) | 11 (3.4%) | 1 (0.3%) | 4 (1.2%) | 19 (5.9%) |
| Multiple injury, No (%) | AISc ≥3 and AISmax ≥320 | 124 (31.6%) | 110 (28.0%) | 0 | 5 (1.3%) | 9 (2.3%) | 106 (33.0%) | 63 (19.6%) | 15 (4.7%) | 6 (1.9%) | 7 (2.2%) | 15 (4.7%) |
| Extracranial injury, No (%) | AIS max extracranial ≥320 | 68 (17.3%) | 58 (14.8%) | 0 | 5 (1.3%) | 5 (1.3%) | 97 (30.2%) | 37 (11.5%) | 13 (4.0%) | 4 (1.2%) | 15 (4.7%) | 28 (8.7%) |
The percentages calculated in each column are given between brackets. The reported data are restricted to the patients for whom AIS was available (5287 patients, 13 missing patients).
AIS, Abbreviated Injury Score; ISS, Injury Severity Score19; SIAT, Integrated System for Trauma; TC, trauma centre; TBI, traumatic brain injury.