Epidemiological profile of the polytraumatized patient: comparison between patients from an ICU in europe and an ICU in south america

Methods Descriptive and comparative study of polytraumatized patients admitted to two different ICUs. The Spanish unit is an 18 bed general ICU, and trauma referral centre for the region of Gerona. The Colombian ICU has 19 beds dedicated mainly to trauma patients. Both hospitals have the same level of complexity, and resources are similar. The records of 151 polytraumatized patients between January 1 and June 30 of 2014 were reviewed, of which 32 came from the Spanish ICU and 119 from the Colombian one. A database where demographic characteristics, severity scores (ISS, APACHE II), location and etiology of trauma, surgery requirement and survival were recorded. Statistical analysis was performed with the t Student test and Pearson Chi -square accordingly.