Table 2.

Clinical characteristics and outcomes by requirement for intervention

Required operative splenectomy or embolization
Characteristics	No	Yes	P value
Number of patients	116	29	–
Contrast blush location: no (%)
Outside spleen	33 (28.5)	8 (27.6)	0.744
Within spleen	79 (68.1)	19 (65.5)
Outside and within	4 (3.5)	2 (6.9)
Amount of fluid (mL) received within
1 hour of admit: median (IQR)	650 (0–1000)	1000 (0–2000)	0.221
Need for blood transfusion: no (%)	30 (25.9)	16 (55.2)	0.004
Need for massive transfusion: no (%)	3 (2.6)	4 (13.8)	0.030
Hospital LOS days: median (IQR)	5 (3–10)	8 (5–14)	0.024
ICU LOS days: median (IQR)	2 (0–4)	3 (1–5)	0.096
Discharge disposition: no (%)
Home	77 (66.4)	19 (65.5)	0.678
Skilled nursing or rehabilitation	34 (29.3)	10 (34.5)
Deceased	5 (4.3)	0 (0)
Mortality: no (%)	5 (4.3)	0 (0.0)	0.583

Data presented as absolute number with percentage in parentheses.

ICU, intensive care unit; LOS, length of stay.