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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 Jan 19;94(4):525–531. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000003868

Table 2.

Evaluation of Use of Blood Products and Number of Units PRBC based on Scene or Transfer Status and the Effect of SI via Regression Coefficients.

SCENE TRANSFER

VARIABLERESPONSE Use of Blood
(Binomial Logistic)
Number of Units of PRBC
(Poisson)
Use of Blood
(Binomial Logistic)
Number of Units of PRBC
(Poisson)
SI-EMS 2.301 ** 0.7385 −2.724 3.771
95% CI 0.4407 – 4.162 0.2417 – 1.235 −6.791 – 1.344 1.739 – 5.802

ΔSI: SI-EMS to SI-DC 3.547 1.141 --- ---
95% CI 1.766 – 5.327 0.5835 −1.698 --- ---

ΔSI: SI-EMS to SI-TX --- --- 5.147 1.421 *
95% CI --- --- 1.809 – 8.486 −0.0031 – 2.880

ΔSI: SI-TX to SI-DC --- --- 3.241** 0.5125
95% CI --- --- 0.7332 – 5.748 −0.4780 – 1.505

Hypotension 3.500 0.394 21.67 −2.846
95% CI 1.695 – 5.304 −0.1010 – 0.8890 −1211 – 1224 −4.762 - −0.9299

Transport Time 0.0001 −0.0004 0.0009 −0.0002
95% CI −0.0037 – 0.0039 −0.0026 – 0.0018 −0.0030 – 0.0048 −0.0031 – 0.0027

The significance is indicated by p-value<0.10 (*), p-value<0.05 (**), p-value <0.01 (†), p-value <0.001 (‡)

PRBC: packed red blood cells; SI: shock index, SI-EMS: emergency medical services shock index; ΔSI: change in shock index; SI-DC: shock index at definitive are center; SI-TX: shock index at transferring facility