Table 3.
Patients’ characteristics by Trauma Induced Coagulopathy Clinical Score groups a
| TICCS <10 | TICCS ≥10 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Category | N | Median (IQR) n (%) | N | Median (IQR) or n (%) | P -values |
| Sex | 71 | 11 | 0.44 | |||
| F | 17 (23.9) | 1 (9.1) | ||||
| M | 54 (76.1) | 10 (90.9) | ||||
| Age (yr) | 71 | 34.0 (23.0 to 45.0) | 11 | 35.0 (18.0 to 43.0) | 0.94 | |
| EXTEM | 43 | 7 | <0.0001 | |||
| Hypocoagulability | 1 (2.3) | 7 (100.0) | ||||
| Normal | 42 (97.7) | 0 (0.0) | ||||
| FIBTEM | 43 | 7 | <0.0001 | |||
| Hypocoagulability | 6 (14.0) | 7 (100.0) | ||||
| Normal | 37 (86.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||||
| INR at admission | 71 | 1.0 (1.0 to 1.1) | 10 | 1.3 (1.1 to 1.4) | 0.0048 | |
| INR after 3 hr | 60 | 1.1 (1.1 to 1.2) | 9 | 1.4 (1.3 to 1.5) | 0.0002 | |
| Fibrinogen at admission (g/L) | 71 | 2.8 (2.2 to 3.3) | 10 | 1.7 (1.3 to 2.0) | 0.0041 | |
| Fibrinogen after 3 hr (g/L) | 59 | 3.2 (2.3 to 3.8) | 9 | 1.5 (1.3 to 1.5) | <0.0001 | |
| Hb at admission (g/L) | 71 | 13.9 (13.1 to 15.1) | 10 | 12.4 (9.4 to 14.0) | 0.026 | |
| Haemorrhagic shock | 71 | 11 | <0.0001 | |||
| No | 70 (98.6) | 1 (9.1) | ||||
| Yes | 1 (1.4) | 10 (90.9) | ||||
| Emergent surgical haemostasis | 71 | 11 | <0.0001 | |||
| No | 67 (94.4) | 4 (36.4) | ||||
| Yes | 4 (5.6) | 7 (63.6) | ||||
| RBCs transfused day 1 (U) | 71 | 0.0 (0.0 to 1.0) | 11 | 6.0 (3.0 to 12.0) | <0.0001 | |
| FFP transfused day 1 (U) | 71 | 0.0 (0.0 to 0.0) | 11 | 4.0 (2.0 to 8.0) | <0.0001 | |
| Platelets transfused | 71 | 11 | 0.0002 | |||
| day 1 | No | 71 (100.0) | 7 (63.6) | |||
| Yes | 0 (0.0) | 4 (36.4) | ||||
| 24-hr survival | 71 | 11 | <0.0001 | |||
| No | 1 (1.4) | 6 (54.6) | ||||
| Yes | 70 (98.6) | 5 (45.4) | ||||
| 30-day survival | 71 | 11 | 0.0002 | |||
| No | 4 (5.6) | 6 (54.6) | ||||
| Yes | 67 (94.4) | 5 (45.4) | ||||
aEXTEM, Extrinsic thromboelastometry; FFP, Fresh frozen plasma; FIBTEM, Fibrinogen thromboelastometry; Hb, Haemoglobin; INR, International normalized ratio; RBCs, Red blood cells; TICCS, Trauma Induced Coagulopathy Clinical Score.