Table 2.

Demographic characteristics of patients with and without MODS.

	MODS (n=28)	No MODS (n=125)	p value
Age	44.7 ± 17.1	39.1 ± 15.8	0.10
Blunt/penetrating (%)	85.7/14.3	67.9/32.1	0.06
Male/Female (%)	78.6/21.4	79.4/20.6	0.92
Injury severity score	32.9 ± 14.6	25.1 ± 15.1	0.01
Head AIS	1.4 ± 1.9	1.5 ± 1.9	0.81
Chest AIS	3.1 ± 1.5	2.1 ± 1.9	0.01
Abdominal AIS	2.2 ± 1.4	1.8 ± 1.6	0.22
First base excess	−9.7 ± 5.4	−8.2 ± 5.4	0.19
First lactate	4.4 ± 1.9	4.0 ± 2.5	0.44
ICU Length of stay	14.8 ± 9.6	8.1 ± 11.0	0.003
Hospital Length of stay	37.5 ± 43.7	21.9 ± 20.4	0.005
Mortality (%)	32.1	8.4	0.0003
PRBCs in first 24 hrs	13.5 ± 8.5	9.4 ± 9.0	0.03

AIS=Abbreviated Injury Score; ICU=Intensive Care Unit; PRBCs=Packed Red Blood Cells