Table 1 Comparison of patients with suspected VAI with or without C-Spine fractures.
From: Vertebral artery injury in major trauma patients in Saudi Arabia: A retrospective cohort study
C-Spine fracture (n = 84) | No C-Spine fracture (n = 36) | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (mean years, SD) | 31.7 (12.2) | 34.8 (13.3) | 0.24 |
Male sex (%) | 74 (88.1%) | 31 (86.1%) | 0.76 |
Mechanism | 0.27 | ||
Motor Vehicle Collision (%) | 73 (86.9%) | 28 (77.8%) | |
Falls (%) | 10 (11.9%) | 7 (19.4%) | |
Assault (%) | 1 (1.2%) | 1 (2.8%) | |
Respiratory rate (mean breath/min, SD) | 19.7 (2.6) | 20.3 (19.4) | 0.23 |
Pulse rate (mean beat/min, SD) | 88.2 (19.3) | 99.4 (21.9) | 0.006 |
Systolic Blood Pressure (mean mm Hg, SD) | 122.8 (20.0) | 121.8 (22.6) | 0.80 |
Glasgow Coma Scale | 0.27 | ||
3–8 (%) | 1 (1.2%) | 1 (2.8%) | |
9–12 (%) | 10 (11.9%) | 7 (19.4%) | |
13–15 (%) | 73 (86.9%) | 28 (77.8%) | |
International Normalized Ratio (mean, SD) | 1.1 (0.15) | 1.1 (0.16) | 0.88 |
Injury Severity Score | 0.88 | ||
0–15 (%) | 32 (38.1%) | 12 (33.3%) | |
16–25 (%) | 32 (38.1%) | 15 (41.7%) | |
> 25 (%) | 20 (23.8%) | 9 (25%) | |
Intubated (%) | 39 (46.4%) | 27 (75%) | 0.004 |
Blood transfusion (%) | 20 (23.8%) | 16 (44.4%) | 0.024 |
Traumatic Brain Injury (%) | 28 (33.3%) | 18 (50%) | 0.08 |
Base of Skull fracture (%) | 6 (7.1%) | 2 (5.6%) | 0.009 |
Facial fracture (%) | 30 (35.7%) | 19 (52.8%) | < 0.001 |
