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Table 1 Baseline Patient Characteristics

From: First clinical experience with IVR-CT system in the emergency room: Positive impact on trauma workflow

Characteristic

IVR-CT protocol (n = 21)

Conventional CT protocol (n = 27)

P-value

Patient characteristics

   

Age, yrs

44 (35–56)

48 (33–57)

0.795

Male sex

15 (71)

18 (67)

0.764

Severity of trauma

   

SBP, mmHg

115 (102–134)

122 (97–140)

0.875

Heart rate, bpm

105 (80–125)

104 (82–130)

0.976

RTS

7.8 (6.0-7.8)

7.6 (6.9-7.8)

0.664

Hemoglobin, g/dl

12.4 (11.4-14)

12.4 (11.2-13.4)

0.260

Prothrombin time, %

54 (44.7-71)

51.7 (46.7-71.6)

0.547

ISS

38 (26–44)

34 (26–43)

0.573

TRISS

13.1 (3.7-57.2)

12.2 (4.9-21.3)

0.662

Therapeutic interventions

   

Blood transfusion within 24 hrs, unit

10 (2–16)

14 (8–24)

0.335

Bleeding control site

   

Chest

6 (29)

2 (7)

0.115

Abdomen

9 (43)

14 (52)

0.573

Pelvic

14 (67)

12 (44)

0.153

Bleeding control procedure

   

TAE

14 (67)

2 (10)

1.000

Thoracotomy

5 (24)

18 (67)

0.574

Laparotomy

1 (4)

8 (30)

0.750

  1. Data are expressed as group medians (interquartile ranges) or number (percent).SBP, systolic blood pressure; Heart rate per a minute; bpm, beat per minute; IVR, interventional radiology; CT, computed tomography; RTS, Revised Trauma Score; ISS, Injury Severity Score; TRISS, Trauma and Injury Severity Score; TAE, transcatheter arterial embolization.