Table 1.
Comparison of demographic and presentation characteristics of patients requiring emergent trauma laparotomy hospital mortality
| SOST (n=43) | Civilian (n=471) | P value† | |
| Demographics | |||
| Age | 31 (25, 42) | 32 (24, 45) | 0.73 |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 35 (81) | 390 (83) | 0.82 |
| Female | 8 (19) | 81 (17) | |
| Race | |||
| Caucasian | 17 (40) | 180 (38) | 0.96 |
| Black | 25 (58) | 276 (59) | |
| Hispanic | 1 (2) | 12 (3) | |
| Asian | 0 | 3 (1) | |
| Injury | |||
| Mechanism of Injury | |||
| Blunt | 12 (28) | 133 (28) | 0.96 |
| Penetrating | 31 (72) | 338 (72) | |
| Initial heart rate (bpm) | 102 (79, 122) | 100 (85, 120) | 0.85 |
| Initial SBP (mm Hg) | 115 (90, 145) | 118 (96, 140) | 0.80 |
| Hypotensive (initial SBP ≤90 mm Hg) | 13 (30) | 100 (21) | 0.17 |
| Lowest SBP (mm Hg) | 101 (82, 130) | 98 (77, 120) | 0.12 |
| Initial Glasgow Coma Scale Score | 15 (13, 15) | 15 (14, 15) | 0.22 |
| Direct from scene | 34 (79) | 38 (81) | 0.80 |
| Time in trauma bay (min) | 27 (16, 57) | 22 (14, 46) | 0.21 |
| REBOA | 3 (7) | 1 (0.2) | 0.002 |
| General laboratory | |||
| Lactate (mmol/L) | 3.3 (2.08, 5.95) | 4.0 (2.40, 7.00) | 0.24 |
| Serum creatinine (mg/dL) | 1.1 (0.90, 1.30) | 1.2 (1.00, 1.40) | 0.16 |
| Base excess (mEq/L) | −4.9 (–8.65, –1.75) | −4.7 (–8.95, –1.90) | 0.74 |
| Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 12.4 (11.20, 13.90) | 12.3 (10.90, 13.50) | 0.46 |
| Platelets (103/cm) | 219 (167, 295) | 227 (176, 281) | 0.87 |
| INR | 1.1 (1.02, 1.26) | 1.2 (1.06, 1.33) | 0.03 |
*Data shown as number (proportion) and median (IQR) for categorical and continuous variables, respectively.
†Data compared with Pearson χ2 or Fisher’s exact and Mann-Whitney U tests for categorical and continuous data, respectively.
INR, International Normalized Ratio; REBOA, resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta; SBP, systolic blood pressure; SOST, Special Operations Surgical Team.