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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2017 Feb;82(2):345–350. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001283

Table 3.

Comparisons between trauma and sepsis patients at 48 hours (TEG: thromboelastograph, INR: international normalized ratio, data are depicted as n (%) or median [interquartile range]).

At 48 hours Trauma
n = 77
Sepsis
n = 147
p
Hypothermia (Tmin < 35.0°C) 2 (3%) 4 (3%) 0.994
Severe acidosis (pH < 7.20) 2 (3%) 0 (0%) 0.107
Coagulopathy (per TEG and/or INR > 1.5) 24 (31%) 61 (41%) 0.349
Vasopressor infusion 13 (17%) 54 (37%) 0.003
Net fluid balance (mL) 7,203 [2,852-9,853] 6,748 [4,640-10,121] 0.777
Total crystalloid administration (mL) 8,290 [6,580-10,631] 7,159 [5,364-9,428] 0.001
NPWT output (mL) 1,702 [1,025-3,712] 1,900 [1,082-3,200] 0.811
Red blood cell transfusions (units) 6.0 [4.0-11.0] 0.0 [0.0-3.0] <0.001
Plasma transfusions (units) 5.0 [3.0-10.0] 0.0 [0.0-2.0] <0.001
Underwent relaparotomy 68 (88%) 135 (92%) 0.486