Table 1.
Demography and admission hematology and coagulopathy in the 253 trauma patients included in the study from the 2001-3 and 2005-7 periods.
| Study period 2001-3 |
Study period 2005-7 |
P-value1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | 97 | 156 | ||
| Age | yrs | 40 (28-55) | 43 (27-59) | 0.622 |
| Gender | male | 66 (74%) | 116 (72%) | 0.254 |
| ISS | score | 20 (13-30) | 24 (16-34) | 0.289 |
| group 0 (0-15) | 31 (32%) | 32 (20%) | 0.123 | |
| group 1 (16-27) | 36 (37%) | 68 (44%) | ||
| group 2 (28-75) | 30 (31%) | 56 (36%) | ||
| Mortality2 | deceased | 24 (25%) | 47 (31%) | 0.382 |
| Hospital LOS | all (days) | 18 (8-41) | 18 (3-35) | 0.334 |
| survivors (days) | 23 (11-54) | 26 (15-51) | 0.618 | |
| deceased (days) | 2 (2-15) | 2 (1-3) | 0.019 | |
| Hemoglobin | mmol/l | 6.7 (5.6-7.4) | 6.9 (5.8-7.7) | 0.059 |
| Leukocyte count | *109/l | 12 (9-15) | 12 (8-16) | 0.707 |
| Platelet count | *109/l | 190 (130-240) | 186 (123-249) | 0.775 |
| < 150*109/l | 34% | 31% | 0.650 | |
| APTT | s | 31 (28-37) | 31 (27-39) | 0.980 |
| > 35 s | 27% | 34% | 0.273 | |
| INR | ratio | 1.2 (1.1-1.4) | 1.2 (1.1-1.3) | 0.256 |
| > 1.2 | 40% | 44% | 0.183 |
1Patients from the 2001-3 period and 2005-7 period were compared by Wilcoxon Rank Sum and Chi-square test. 2Total mortality related to the trauma. Data are presented as medians (IQR), n (%) or %, with p-values in bold for variables with p < 0.05.