Table 4.
Demographic characteristics, hemocoagulative abnormalities, GCS, PTCI, and outcome of 265 patients with moderate or severe head trauma.
| Characteristics of patients | n | GOS 3 months after head trauma (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOS 1 | GOS 2 | GOS 3 | GOS 4 | GOS 5 | ||
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 155 | 30 (19.35) | 5 (3.26) | 22 (14.19) | 38 (24.52) | 60 (38.71) |
| Female | 110 | 18 (16.36) | 3 (2.73) | 11 (10.00) | 31 (28.18) | 47 (42.73) |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| <20 | 60 | 5 (8.33) | 2 (3.33) | 9 (15.00) | 14 (23.33) | 30 (50.00) |
| 20–40 | 150 | 31 (20.67) | 5 (3.33) | 18 (12.00) | 37 (24.67) | 59 (39.33) |
| >40 | 55 | 12 (21.82) | 1 (1.82) | 6 (10.91) | 18 (32.73) | 18 (32.73) |
| Admission GCS scores | ||||||
| 3–5 | 52 | 13 (25.00) | 4 (7.69) | 6 (11.54) | 19 (36.54) | 10 (19.23) |
| 6–8 | 121 | 2 (26.45) | 3 (2.48) | 13 (10.74) | 28 (23.14) | 45 (37.19) |
| 9–12 | 92 | 3 (3.26) | 1 (1.09) | 14 (15.22) | 22 (23.91) | 52 (56.52) |
| Platelet count (×109/L) | ||||||
| <100 | 25 | 4 (16.00) | 2 (8.00) | 5 (20.00) | 6 (24.00) | 8 (32.00) |
| 100–300 | 210 | 44 (20.95) | 6 (2.86) | 24 (11.43) | 54 (25.71) | 82 (39.05) |
| >300 | 30 | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 4 (13.33) | 9 (30.00) | 17 (56.67) |
| PT (s) | ||||||
| ≤8 | 30 | 1 (3.33) | 2 (6.67) | 3 (10.00) | 13 (43.33) | 11 (36.67) |
| 8–17 | 162 | 33 (20.37) | 2 (1.23) | 16 (9.88) | 42 (25.93) | 69 (42.59) |
| ≥17 | 73 | 14 (19.18) | 4 (5.48) | 14 (19.18) | 14 (19.18) | 27 (36.99) |
| APTT (s) | ||||||
| ≤18 | 27 | 3 (11.11) | 2 (7.41) | 3 (11.11) | 9 (33.33) | 10 (37.04) |
| 18–50 | 177 | 38 (21.47) |
3 (1.69) | 25 (14.12) | 39 (22.03) | 72 (40.68) |
| ≥50 | 61 | 7 (11.48) | 3 (4.92) | 5 (8.20) | 21 (34.43) | 25 (40.98) |
| Fibrinogen (g/L) | ||||||
| <2 | 69 | 11 (15.94) | 3 (4.35) | 8 (11.59) | 21 (30.43) | 26 (37.68) |
| 2–4 | 161 | 35 (21.74) | 4 (2.48) | 21 (13.04) | 35 (21.74) | 66 (40.99) |
| >4 | 35 | 2 (5.71) | 1 (2.86) | 4 (11.43) | 13 (37.14) | 15 (42.86) |
| D-dimer (mg/L) | ||||||
| ≤2 | 87 | 5 (5.75) | 2 (2.30) | 13 (14.94) | 26 (29.89) | 41 (47.13) |
| >2 | 178 | 43 (24.16) | 6 (3.37) | 20 (11.24) | 43 (24.16) | 66 (37.08) |
| DIC scores | ||||||
| <5 | 209 | 26 (12.44) | 5 (2.39) | 18 (8.61) | 58 (27.75) | 102 (48.80) |
| ≥5 | 56 | 22 (39.29) | 3 (5.36) | 15 (26.79) | 11 (19.64) | 5 (8.93) |
| Combined with PTCI | ||||||
| Yes | 28 | 10 (35.71) | 3 (10.71) | 5 (17.86) | 6 (21.43) | 4 (14.29) |
| No | 237 | 38 (16.03) | 5 (2.11) | 28 (11.81) | 63 (26.58) | 103 (43.46) |
GOS: Glasgow Outcome Score; GCS: Glasgow Coma Score; PT: prothrombin time; APTT: activated partial thromboplastin time; DIC: disseminated intravascular coagulation; PTCI: posttraumatic cerebral infarction.