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Table 3 Blood products utilization in the study population and stratified by injury mechanism

From: The impact of early thromboelastography directed therapy in trauma resuscitation

 

All Patients (n = 134)

Blunt Injuries (n = 85)

Penetrating Injuries (n = 49)

 

PRE TEG (n = 87) (units/ patient)

POST TEG (n = 47) (units /patient)

Change (units/ patient)

p-value

PRE TEG (n = 54) (units/ patient)

POST TEG (n = 31) (units/ patient)

Change (units/ patient)

p-value

PRE TEG (n = 33) (units/ patient)

POST TEG (n = 16) (units/ patient)

Change (units/ patient)

p-value

First 4 h

  PRBCS

2.48

3.60

1.11

0.0872

2.02

3.16

1.14

0.1072

3.24

4.44

1.20

0.2243

  FFPs

1.84

3.72

1.88

0.0149*

1.31

3.29

1.98

0.0250*

2.70

4.56

1.87

0.1229

  Platelets

0.26

1.94

1.67

0.0258*

0.19

0.81

0.62

0.0442*

0.39

4.13

3.73

0.0633

  Cryo

0.26

0.23

−0.03

0.4297

0.22

0.13

−0.09

0.3420

0.33

0.44

0.10

0.3432

Crystalloids (L)

1.62

2.13

0.51

0.0990

2.01

1.62

−0.39

0.1983

0.98

3.11

2.12

0.0037*

Next 20 h

  PRBCS

5.21

0.49

−4.72

< 0.0001*

3.22

0.55

−2.67

0.0007*

8.45

0.38

−8.08

0.0003*

  FFPs

4.59

0.57

−4.01

< 0.0001*

2.59

0.58

−2.01

0.0027*

7.85

0.56

−7.29

0.0001*

  Platelets

0.56

0.34

−0.22

0.1523

0.37

0.52

0.15

0.3083

0.88

0.00

−0.88

0.0011*

  Cryo

0.21

0.15

−0.06

0.3573

0.17

0.06

−0.10

0.2241

0.27

0.31

0.04

0.4588

Crystalloids (L)

5.38

5.36

−0.02

0.4879

5.68

4.31

−1.36

0.0553

4.91

7.39

2.48

0.0709

24 h

  PRBCS

7.69

4.09

−3.60

0.0022*

5.24

3.71

−1.53

0.1079

11.70

4.81

−6.88

0.0004*

  FFPs

6.43

4.30

−2.13

0.0474*

3.91

3.81

−0.10

0.4884

10.55

5.13

−5.42

0.0174*

  Platelets

0.83

2.28

1.45

0.0476*

0.56

1.32

0.77

0.0474*

1.27

4.13

2.85

0.1188

  Cryo

0.47

0.38

−0.09

0.3514

0.39

0.19

−0.20

0.2281

0.61

0.75

0.14

0.3748

Crystalloids (L)

7.00

7.49

0.48

0.3317

7.68

5.93

−1.75

0.0649

5.89

10.50

4.60

0.0273*

  1. * p-value < 0.05