Skip to main content

Table 5 Propensity-score matched patient outcomes and transfusion data

From: Blood transfusion and coagulopathy in geriatric trauma patients

Variable

Control (n = 61)

Elderly (n = 61)

P-value

ICU Admissions

41 (67%)

37 (61%)

0.52

Mechanically Ventilated

44 (72%)

40 (66%)

0.43

Discharged to Rehab

27 (44%)

40 (66%)

0.02

Mortality

22 (37%)

17 (28%)

0.33

Nosocomial Infection

19 (31%)

30 (49%)

0.04

Stroke

11 (18%)

3 (5%)

0.03

ARDS

1 (2%)

8 (13%)

0.04

Acute Renal Failure

0 (0%)

2 (3%)

0.99

Pulmonary Embolism

0 (0%)

4 (7%)

0.98

Transfused

55 (90%)

57 (93%)

0.51

Transfused 1st 24 h

31 (51%)

38 (62%)

0.20

Transfused pRBC

55 (90%)

54 (89%)

0.77

Transfused FFP

8 (13%)

20 (33%)

0.01

Transfused Platelets

6 (10%)

14 (23%)

0.06

Transfused Cryoprecipitate

2 (3%)

5 (8%)

0.26

  1. ICU intensive care unit, ARDS acute respiratory distress syndrome, pRBC packed red blood cells, FFP fresh frozen plasma