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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2013 Jan;74(1):59–67. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182788b34

Table 4.

Adjusted Odds Ratios for each trigger for predicting MT

MT 24 h MT 24 hrs + MT 6 h +
Adjusted ORs (95% CI) Adjusted ORs (95% CI) Adjusted ORs (95% CI)
Trigger dFAST No FAST dFAST No FAST dFAST No FAST
INR >1.5 2.2 (1.4–3.3) 2.1 (1.4–3.1) 2.5 (1.7–3.7) 2.4 (1.6–3.5) 3.9 (2.5–6.0) 3.6 (2.3–5.5)
SBP <90 mmHg 1.9 (1.3–2.7) 1.9 (1.4–2.7) 1.7 (1.2–2.5) 1.8 (1.3–2.6) 1.5 (1.0–2.3) 1.6 (1.1–2.5)
Hgb <11 g/dL 1.8 (1.2–2.5) 1.8 (1.3–2.5) 1.8 (1.3–2.6) 1.8 (1.3–2.6) 2.0 (1.3–3.0) 2.0 (1.3–3.0)
BD >=6 1.8 (1.2–2.6) 2.0 (1.4–2.9) 2.0 (1.4–2.9) 2.1 (1.5–3.0) 3.0 (1.8–4.9) 3.2 (2.0–5.2)
HR>=120bpm 1.1 (0.8–1.7) 1.2 (0.8–1.6) 1.2 (0.8–1.7) 1.2 (0.8–1.7) 1.2 (0.8–1.8) 1.1 (0.7–1.7)
Penetrating 1.0 (0.7–1.4) 0.9 (0.6–1.3) 0.9 (0.6–1.3) 0.8 (0.6–1.2) 1.2 (0.8–1.9) 1.0 (0.7–1.6)
dFAST (+) 1.9 (1.3–2.7) 1.8 (1.2–2.5) 1.9 (1.3–2.9)

MT: massive transfusion; MT 24h: 10+ RBCs in 24 hours; MT 24h+ : 10+ RBCs in 24 hours plus all hemorrhagic deaths within 24 hours; MT 6h+ : 10+ RBCs in 6 hours plus all hemorrhagic deaths within 6 hours; INR: Internal normalized ratio; SBP:systolic blood pressure; Hgb: hemoglobin; g/dL: grams per deciliter; dFAST: derived FAST; HR: heart rate; bpm: beats per minute; Temp: temperature