Severe traumatic brain injury and hypotension is a frequent and lethal combination in multiple trauma patients in mountain areas – an analysis of the prospective international Alpine Trauma Registry

Table 3 Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) divided by body region and laboratory parameters on hospital arrival

	TBI with hypotension (n = 50)	TBI without hypotension (n = 92)	No TBI (n = 145)	p-value
*GCS on hospital arrival*	7.5 ± 5.1	8.6 ± 5.3	13.6 ± 3.4	< 0.001
*ISS body region*
Head/neck, AIS	4.2 ± 1.0	4.0 ± 0.9	1.7 ± 0.5	< 0.001
Face, AIS	3.7 ± 1.2	3.1 ± 0.7	2.2 ± 1.0	< 0.001
Thorax, AIS	3.8 ± 0.8	3.4 ± 1.0	3.5 ± 1.0	0.169
Abdomen, AIS	3.4 ± 1.0	3.2 ± 0.7	3.4 ± 1.0	0.743
Extremities, AIS	3.6 ± 1.0	3.1 ± 0.8	3.4 ± 1.3	0.135
External, AIS	3.0^a	3.3 ± 0.9	2.7 ± 1.0	0.384
*Selected laboratory values on hospital admission*
Hemoglobin, g/dl	10.8 ± 2.8	12.7 ± 1.9	12.9 ± 2.2	< 0.001
INR	1.6 ± 0.7	1.2 ± 0.2	1.2 ± 0.3	< 0.001
aPTT, sec	45.5 ± 39.6	28.2 ± 5.6	28.4 ± 9.3	< 0.001
Base excess	−5.3 ± 6.7	−3.4 ± 4.2	−0.7 ± 7.7	< 0.001

Values are reported as mean ± standard deviation. Tests performed were ANOVAs, except for GCS and AIS head and neck Kruskal-Wallis test
aPTT activated partial thromboplastin time, INR international normalized ratio, TBI traumatic brain injury
^aonly one case

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