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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Surgery. 2017 Dec 27;163(4):819–826. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2017.10.050

Table 1.

Demographics, prehospital, and ED (admission) parameters (n=1,019).

DEMOGRAPHICS CC+ (n=41, 4%) CC− (n=978, 96%) p

Age (years) 52 (27, 67) 37 (25, 55) 0.03

Male (n, %) 33 (80%) 689 (70%) 0.17

Injury type (n, %) 0.09
 Blunt only 28 (68%) 792 (81%)
 Penetrating only 12 (30%) 165 (17%)
 Both 1 (2%) 21 (2%)

AIS head/neck ≥3 (n, %) 21 (51%) 371 (38%) 0.09

AIS chest ≥3 (n, %) 20 (49%) 366 (37%) 0.14

AIS abd ≥3 (n, %) 18 (44%) 168 (17%) <0.001

AIS extrem ≥3 (n, %) 13 (32%) 265 (27%) 0.52

ISS 32 (25, 41) 17 (8, 27) <0.001

PREHOSPITAL

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 108 (88, 127) 127 (106, 147) <0.001

HR (bpm) 99 (85, 126) 100 (83, 122) 0.44

GCS 3 (3, 8) 12 (3, 15) <0.001

Crystalloid (ml) 100 (0, 500) 250 (0, 800) 0.18

Transfused prehospital RBCs (n, %) 18 (44%) 82 (8%) <0.001

Transfused prehospital plasma (n, %) 18 (44%) 104 (11%) <0.001

ED

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 100 (80, 125) 130 (110, 145) <0.001

Heart rate (bpm) 104 (89, 128) 99 (80, 118) 0.10

Temperature (°C) 36.2 (35.7, 36.5) 36.5 (36.1, 36.8) <0.01

GCS 3 (3, 8) 9 (3, 15) <0.001

pH 7.22 (7.04, 7.33) 7.30 (7.23, 7.36) <0.001

Base excess (mEq/L) −5 (−12, −3) −4 (−7, −1) 0.02

Hemoglobin (g/dL) 12.0 (10.3, 12.9) 13.2 (11.7, 14.5) <0.001

Platelet count (x109/L) 181 (140, 279) 230 (184, 278) 0.07

Emergent (≤90 minutes) OR or IR (n, %) 25 (81%) 147 (35%) <0.001

AIS, abbreviated injury scale; ISS, injury severity score; GCS, Glasgow coma score; RBC, red blood cells.