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Table 6 Propensity-score matched vital signs, conventional laboratory and TEG values on admission

From: Blood transfusion and coagulopathy in geriatric trauma patients

Variable

Control (n = 61)

Elderly (n = 61)

P-value

Heart Rate >100 bpm

22 (36%)

16 (26%)

0.16

Systolic BP <100 mmHg

7 (11%)

8 (13%)

0.89

Temperature <35C

11 (18%)

5 (8%)

0.11

Hemoglobin <100g/L

9 (15%)

17 (28%)

0.08

Platelet count <100x109/L

5 (8%)

2 (3%)

0.26

Fibrinogen <2.0g/L

27 (44%)

20 (33%)

0.05

INR > 1.5

11 (18%)

11 (18%)

0.86

pH <7.2

11 (18%)

5 (8%)

0.09

Base Deficit >6

28 (46%)

17 (28%)

0.01

2+ Abnormal TEG values

12 (20%)

12 (20%)

1.00

Any Abnormal TEG value

29 (48%)

22 (36%)

0.20

Abnormal R

14 (23%)

5 (8%)

0.03

Abnormal K

12 (20%)

11 (18%)

0.66

Abnormal alpha

20 (33%)

7 (11%)

0.002

Abnormal MA

10 (16%)

14 (23%)

0.51

Abnormal LY30

1 (2%)

2 (3%)

0.61

  1. INR international normalized ratio, TEG thromboelastography, R reaction time, K kinetic time, MA maximum amplitude, LY30 clot lysis after 30 minutes