Table 1 Physiologic data and Injury Severity Score (ISS) in 109 patients with splenic injury

Number of patients

32

20

27

6

24

Systolic blood pressure on admission, median with interquartile range

123 (107,130)

103 (70, 120)

124 (117, 136)

105 (76, 115)

120 (100, 130)

Heart rate on admission, median with interquartile range

85 (75,100)

100 (80, 110)

95 (80, 105)

110 (71, 142)

90 (75, 100)

Hemoglobin (g/dl) on admission, median with interquartile range

12.7 (11.2, 13.9)

11.3 (10.1, 12.4)

11.9 (10.8,3.2)

12.0 (11.5, 15.1)

11.7 (10.3, 13.6)

Transfusion^a,number of patients

5

13

10

6

9

Injury Severity Score, median with interquartile range

13 (8, 20)

22 (16, 28)

16 (10, 18)

16 (10, 31)

16 (10, 18)