Table 5 Demographics, pre-hospital time, systolic blood pressure (SBP; pre-hospital and on admission), Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS; pre-hospital and on admission), selected pre-hospital therapeutic interventions, Injury Severity Score (ISS), Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) and selected laboratory values of patients with TBI and hypotension on hospital admission (group1), subdivided between patients intubated and not intubated on scene
Parameter | TBI with hypotension (n = 50) Pre-hospital intubation | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | p-value | |
Age, years, mean ± SD | 42.7 ± 19.6 | 49.4 ± 18.6 | 0.243 |
Female sex, n (%) | 7 (32%) | 9 (32%) | 1.000 |
Pre-hospital SBP, mmHg, mean ± SD | 102.0 ± 22.8 | 103.8 ± 29.3 | 0.844 |
SBP on hospital arrival, mmHg, mean ± SD | 81.1 ± 12.2 | 84.8 ± 13.4 | 0.325 |
Pre-hospital GCS, mean ± SD | 5.8 ± 3. | 11.8 ± 3.2 | < 0.001 |
GCS on hospital arrival, mean ± SD | 3.3 ± 1.3 | 12.0 ± 3.5 | < 0.001 |
Crystalloid fluids, ml, mean ± SD | 636 ± 303 | 821 ± 346 | 0.194 |
Vasopressor therapy, n (%) | 1 (7%) | 3 (16%) | 0.613 |
Total pre-hospital time, min, median (range) | 82 (33–221) | 82.5 (30–1560) | 0.881 |
ISS, mean ± SD | 41.1 ± 13.3 | 44.6 ± 20.2 | 0.930 |
AIS head and neck | 3.9 ± 0.9 | 4.5 ± 1.1 | 0.054 |
AIS face | 2.5 ± 0.7 | 4.0 ± 1.2 | 0.133 |
AIS thorax | 3.8 ± 0.8 | 3.7 ± 0.9 | 0.846 |
AIS abdomen | 3.2 ± 0.9 | 3.6 ± 1.1 | 0.467 |
AIS extremities | 3.7 ± 0.9 | 3.6 ± 1.1 | 0.752 |
AIS external | 3a | – | – |
Hemoglobin, g/dl | 11.3 ± 2.7 | 10.4 ± 2.8 | 0.221 |
INR | 1.4 ± 0.6 | 1.7 ± 0.7 | 0.254 |
aPTT, sec | 34.3 ± 21.6 | 54.7 ± 48.6 | 0.135 |
Base excess | −6.3 ± 5.1 | −4.6 ± 7.7 | 0.377 |