Outcomes for TARN patients by time of presentation
| Day | Night | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Weekend | Total | p Value | Week | Weekend | Total | p Value | |
| Patients | 14 711 | 6000 | 20 711 | 15 799 | 12 560 | 28 359 | ||
| Secondary transfer | 2201 (15.0%) | 970 (16.2%) | 3171 (15.3%) | 0.029‡ | 4288 (27.1%) | 3315 (26.4%) | 7603 (26.8%) | 0.158‡ |
| Length of stay§ | 9 (5–18) | 9 (5–18) | 9 (5–18) | 1.00¶ | 9 (5–17) | 8 (5–17) | 9 (5–17) | <0.001¶ |
| Glasgow Outcome Score | ||||||||
| Good recovery | 9394 (63.9%) | 3847 (64.1%) | 13 241 (63.9%) | 0.970‡ | 10 103 (63.9%) | 7973 (63.5%) | 18 076 (63.7%) | 0.131‡ |
| Moderate disability | 1220 (8.3%) | 492 (8.2%) | 1712 (8.3%) | 1182 (7.5%) | 991 (7.9%) | 2173 (7.7%) | ||
| Severe disability | 561 (3.8%) | 218 (3.6%) | 779 (3.8%) | 595 (3.8%) | 448 (3.6%) | 1043 (3.7%) | ||
| Persistent vegetative state | 8 (0.1%) | 3 (0.1%) | 11 (0.1%) | 5 (0.0%) | 4 (0.0%) | 9 (0.0%) | ||
| Unavailable | 2273 (15.5%) | 939 (15.7%) | 3077 (14.9%) | 2590 (16.4%) | 2155 (17.2%) | 4607 (16.2%) | ||
| Mortality | 1255 (8.5%) | 501 (8.4%) | 1756 (8.5%) | 0.671‡ | 1324 (8.4%) | 989 (7.9%) | 2313 (8.2%) | 0.122‡ |
*median (IQR).
‡χ2 test (Yates’ correction).
¶Bonnet-Price test.
TARN, Trauma Audit & Research Network.