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Table 1 Patient demographics, injury severity, admission vitals, transfusion and outcome in 257 adult trauma patients

From: Pre-hospital transfusion of plasma in hemorrhaging trauma patients independently improves hemostatic competence and acidosis

 

Units

Overall

(n = 257)

PH

(n = 75)

IH

(n = 182)

P-value

Age

Years

37 (25, 53)

34 (23, 53)

39 (26, 53)

0.259

Male

n (%)

208 (80.9%)

62 (82.7%)

146 (80.2%)

0.650

Injury Scores and severity

 ISS

Score

26 (17, 34)

29 (17, 41)

26 (17, 34)

0.106

 GCS

Score

10 (3, 15)

3 (3, 15)

12 (3, 15)

0.022

 Positive FAST

%

54 (31.4%)

26 (48.1%)

28 (23.7%)

0.001

 Penetrating Injury

%

80 (31.1%)

34 (45.3%)

46 (25.3%)

0.002

 Intubated in the field

%

63 (27.2%)

29 (39.2%)

34 (21.5%)

0.005

Admission Vitals

 SBP

mmHg

98 (80, 123)

90 (77, 113)

100 (80, 125)

0.044

 DBP

mmHg

60 (48, 74)

59 (50, 69)

60 (48, 76)

0.299

 Heart rate

Bpm

108 (88, 130)

111 (90, 133)

108 (85, 130)

0.425

 Hemoglobin

g/dL

12.9 (11.3, 14.2)

12.4 (11.3, 13.4)

13.1 (11.35, 14.3)

0.011

 Platelet count

x103/μL

215 (163, 250)

193 (152, 223)

225 (174, 257)

0.001

 pH

 

7.26 (7.15, 7.32)

7.21 (7.06, 7.32)

7.27 (7.18, 7.33)

0.002

 Base Excess

mEq/L

−5 (−10, −2)

−6 (−10, −3)

−4 (−10, −1)

0.073

Mode of Transport

 LF

%

171 (66.8%)

75 (100%)

96 (52.7%)

<0.001

Transfusion: Prehospital

 RBC

Units

0 (0, 0)

1 (1, 2)

0 (0, 0)

NA

 Plasma

Units

0 (0, 0)

1 (1, 2)

0 (0, 0)

NA

Transfusion: Admission - 6 h total transfusions

 RBC

Units

4 (2, 10)

8 (4, 14)

3 (1, 8)

<0.001

 Plasma

Units

4 (2, 8)

6 (3, 12)

3 (2, 7)

<0.001

 Platelets

Packs

0 (0, 6)

6 (0, 12)

0 (0, 6)

<0.001

Transfusion: Admission - 24 h total transfusions

 RBC

Units

5 (2, 12)

10 (4, 15)

4 (2, 9)

<0.001

 Plasma

Units

4 (2, 9)

7 (3, 14)

4 (2, 8)

<0.001

 Platelets

Packs

6 (0, 12)

6 (0, 18)

0 (0, 6)

<0.001

Outcomes

 6-h mortality

%

25 (9.7%)

10 (13.3%)

15 (8.2%)

0.210

 24-h mortality

%

31 (12%)

12 (16%)

19 (10.4%)

0.213

 In-hospital mortality

%

58 (22.6%)

20 (26.7%)

38 (20.9%)

0.313

  1. Patients met criteria for full trauma team activation and either received blood before arrival at ED (PH) or in the first 6 h after hospital admission (IH). Medians (IQR) or n (%) are reported
  2. All the bold numbers reflect data that is significant