Table 1.
Variable | Overall (n=837) | Placebo (n=430) | TXA (n=407) | P value |
Age | 38.0 (26.0–55.0) | 39.0 (26.0–56.0) | 38.0 (26.0–51.0) | 0.20 |
Male | 624 (74.6%) | 322 (74.9%) | 302 (74.2%) | 0.82 |
Blunt Injury | 702 (83.9%) | 366 (85.1%) | 336 (82.6%) | 0.31 |
TBI | 196 (23.4%) | 100 (23.3%) | 96 (23.6%) | 0.92 |
ISS | 12.0 (5.0–22.0) | 11.0 (4.0–22.0) | 12.0 (5.0–22.0) | 0.39 |
Prehospital GCS | 15.0 (12.0–15.0) | 14.0 (11.0–15.0) | 15.0 (12.0–15.0) | 0.25 |
Transfer | 113 (13.7%) | 57 (13.4%) | 56 (14.0%) | 0.78 |
Prehospital Intubation | 204 (24.4%) | 109 (25.3%) | 95 (23.3%) | 0.50 |
Prehospital SBP | 125.0 (88.0–147.0) | 126.0 (88.0–148.0) | 124.0 (88.0–144.0) | 0.89 |
24-hour whole blood | 0.0 (0.0–1.0) | 0.0 (0.0–1.0) | 0.0 (0.0–1.0) | 0.64 |
24-hour PRBC | 0.0 (0.0–1.0) | 0.0 (0.0–1.0) | 0.0 (0.0–1.0) | 0.50 |
24-hour plasma | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.11 |
24-hour platelets | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.0 (0.0–0.0) | 0.85 |
INR | 1.1 (1.0–1.2) | 1.1 (1.0–1.2) | 1.1 (1.0–1.2) | 0.77 |
Lactate | 2.7 (1.8–3.9) | 2.6 (1.8–4.1) | 2.8 (1.8–3.8) | 0.97 |
30-day mortality | 57 (6.8%) | 35 (8.1%) | 22 (5.4%) | 0.12 |
MOF | 69 (8.2%) | 37 (8.6%) | 32 (7.9%) | 0.70 |
VTE | 35 (4.2%) | 13 (3.0%) | 22 (5.4%) | 0.09 |
Values are represented by numbers (percentages) and means (IQR). TXA refers to patients who received prehospital tranexamic acid (TXA).
GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; INR, international normalized ratio; ISS, Injury Severity Score; MOF, multiple organ failure; PRBC, packed red blood cells; SBP, systolic blood pressure; STAAMP, Study of Tranexamic Acid During Air Medical and Ground Prehospital Transport; TBI, traumatic brain injury; TEG, thromboelastography; transfer, transferred from another hospital; VTE, venous thromboembolism.