Table 4 Physiology and duration of damage control surgery (DCS) in patients who died and who survived

Age (years)

52 (32–72)

34 (24–52)

< 0.001*

ISS

41 (30–50)

29 (22–38)

0.006*

AIS head

3 (0–4)

2 (0–3)

0.27

AIS face

0 (0–1)

0 (0–1)

0.69

AIS chest

4 (3–4)

3 (0–3)

0.002*

AIS abdomen

4 (2–4)

3 (0–4)

0.003*

AIS pelvis/extremities

3 (2–3)

3 (2–3)

0.59

AIS external

0 (0–1)

0 (0–1)

0.47

Time from ED to OR (h:mm)

0:57 (0:28–1:29)

1:00 (0:39–1:17)

0.58

Duration of surgery (h:mm)

2:00 (1:21–2:52)

1:50 (1:20–2:35)

0.77

BD_OR (mEq/L)

−12.0 (–20.5–7.0)

−6.0 (−9.0–3.1)

 < 0.001*

Hb_OR (mmol/L)

6.4 (5.2–7.2)

6.8 (5.7–7.6)

0.15

Temperature_OR (°C)

33.7 (32.9–35.3)

34.8 (34.0–35.4)

0.04*

Crystalloids_OR (L)

3.0 (2.0–3.8)

3.0 (2.0–5.0)

0.28

PRBC_OR (U)

8 (3–15)

3 (1–5)

 < 0.001*

FFP_OR (U)

8 (4–15)

3 (0–6)

 < 0.001*

PLT_OR (U)^#

2 (0–3)

0 (0–1)

 < 0.001*

Surgical procedure**

Total

Thoracotomy

3 (8)

4 (2)

7 (3)

Laparotomy

21 (54)

70 (34)

91 (37)

Craniotomy

2 (5)

3 (1)

5 (2)

Spine fixation

0

4 (2)

4 (2)

Fracture fixation

0

9 (4)

9 (4)

External fixator extremities/pelvis

12 (31)

92 (45)

104 (42)

Vascular procedure

1 (3)

9 (4)

10 (4)

Miscellaneous^§

0

15 (7)

15 (6)

Total

39

206

245