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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2017 Jul;83(1 Suppl 1):S83–S91. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001484

Table 2.

Patient characteristics by prehospital blood received

Received Prehospital Blood

Overall
(N = 1058)
No
(N = 916)
Yes
(N = 142)
P-value1
Age (yrs) Median (P25,P75) 38 (25,55) 38 (25,55) 41 (26,57) 0.63

Gender Male N (%) 751 (71.0) 650 (71.0) 101 (71.1) 0.97

Race Group White N (%) 770 (72.8) 680 (74.2) 90 (63.4) <.01

Other N (%) 164 (15.5) 128 (14.0) 36 (25.4)

Black N (%) 124 (11.7) 108 (11.8) 16 (11.3)

Systolic (mmHg) Blood Pressure Median (P25,P75) 126 (105,146) 129 (110,149) 98 (80,124) <.01
Diastolic (mmHg) Blood Pressure Median (P25,P75) 78 (62,91) 79 (65,92) 62 (44,88) <.01

Pulse Median (P25,P75) 100 (83.5,122) 99 (83,121) 107 (85,128) 0.04

GCS Score Total - Prehospital Median (P25,P75) 12 (3,15) 11.5 (3,15) 13 (3,15) 0.88

Injury Severity Score (ISS) Median (P25,P75) 17 (9,29) 17 (6,27) 25 (13,34) <.01

ANY Penetrating Injury Yes N (%) 210 (19.8) 164 (17.9) 46 (32.4) <.01

Prehospital Lifesaving Interventions Yes N (%) 632 (59.7) 525 (57.3) 107 (75.4) <.01

Air Team Call Time to ED Arrival (minutes) Median (P25,P75) 58 (48,73) 58 (48,74) 55 (48,68) 0.04
Air Team Departure from Scene to ED Arrival (minutes) Median (P25,P75) 19 (15,27) 19 (15,27) 18 (14,24) 0.14

Satisfied More Than One Highest Risk Criteria Yes N (%) 362 (34.2) 277 (30.2) 85 (59.9) <.01

Bleeding Source Identified Prehospital Yes N (%) 549 (51.9) 431 (47.1) 118 (83.1) <.01

30-Day Status Deceased N (%) 176 (16.6) 140 (15.3) 36 (25.4) <.01

24-Hour Status Deceased N (%) 116 (11.0) 89 (9.7) 27 (19.0) <.01

3-Hour Status Deceased N (%) 66 (6.2) 43 (4.7) 23 (16.2) <.01

Time to Death from ED Arrival (hours) Median (P25,P75) 8.3 (0.8,45.8) 13.2 (1.1,50.5) 2.2 (0.2,23.7) 0.03
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The Wilcoxon rank sum and χ2 tests were used to compare groups for continuous and categorical characteristics, respectively