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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 3.

Demographics, baseline, and outcomes data for patients with admission INR (n=459)

DEMOGRAPHICS CC+ (n=18, 4%) CC− (n=441, 96%) p

Age (years) 59 (27, 77) 43 (26, 57) 0.05

Male (n, %) 13 (72%) 318 (72%) 0.99

Injury type (n, %) 0.45
 Blunt only 13 (72%) 365 (83%)
 Penetrating only 4 (22%) 66 (15%)
 Both 1 (6%) 10 (2%)

ISS 30 (19, 38) 20 (10, 29) <0.01

PREHOSPITAL FLUIDS

Crystalloid infusion (ml) 325 (100, 700) 600 (250, 1100) 0.07

Transfused prehospital RBCs (n, %) 7 (39%) 28 (6%) <0.001

Transfused prehospital plasma (n, %) 8 (44%) 34 (8%) <0.001

ED

Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 120 (84, 148) 130 (109, 148) 0.30

Heart rate (bpm) 101 (79, 125) 99 (81, 115) 0.84

pH 7.31 (7.19, 7.35) 7.31 (7.24, 7.37) 0.32

Base excess (mEq/L) −4 (−7.5, −3) −3.5 (−6.6, −1.3) 0.36

Hemoglobin (g/dL) 11.6 (9.9, 12.8) 13 (11.6, 14.3) 0.03

Platelet count (x 109/L) 198 (150, 321) 223 (181, 269) 0.83

INR 1.1 (1.0, 1.3) 1.4 (1.1, 2.0) <0.01

INR > 1.5 8 (44%) 51 (12%) <0.001

Emergent (≤90 minutes) OR or IR (n, %) 11 (61%) 75 (17%) <0.001

OUTCOMES

Total blood products at 4 hours (units) 15 (4, 30) 0 (0, 3) <0.001

Total blood products at 24 hours (units) 17 (4, 45) 0 (0, 5) <0.001

Death at 4 hours (n, %) 0 (0%) 5 (1%) 0.65

Death at 24 hours (n, %) 1 (6%) 25 (6%) 0.98

Death at 30 days (n, %) 5 (28%) 51 (12%) 0.06

Primary cause of death

 Exsanguination (n, %) 1 (6%) 5 (1%) 0.21

 TBI (n, %) 4 (22%) 35 (8%) 0.06

 Sepsis/MOF (n, %) 0 (0%) 5 (1%) 1.00

 Other/Unknown (n, %) 0 (0%) 6 (1%) 1.00