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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 4.

Demographics, baseline, and outcomes for patients with admission r-TEG (n=391)

DEMOGRAPHICS CC+ (n=22, 6%) CC− (n=369, 94%) p

Age (years) 48 (29, 61) 34 (25, 51) 0.09

Male (n, %) 19 (86%) 259 (70%) 0.10

Injury type (n, %) 0.52
 Blunt only 15 (68%) 286 (77%)
 Penetrating only 7 (32%) 81 (22%)
 Both 0 (0%) 3 (1%)

ISS 30 (25, 38) 19 (9, 29) <0.001

PREHOSPITAL FLUIDS

Crystalloid infusion (ml) 0 (0, 300) 0 (0, 270) 0.78

Transfused prehospital RBCs (n, %) 0 (0, 1) 0 (0, 0) 0.03

Transfused prehospital plasma (n, %) 1 (0, 1) 0 (0, 0) <0.01

ED

Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 102 (80, 130) 120 (102, 140) 0.02

Heart rate (bpm) 108 (89, 129) 102 (86, 122) 0.36

pH 7.20 (6.99, 7.31) 7.27 (7.21, 7.35) <0.01

Base excess (mEq/L) −6 (−13, −4) −4 (−7, −1) 0.01

Hemoglobin (g/dL) 12.4 (10.5, 13.0) 13.6 (12.1, 14.8) <0.01

Platelet count (x 109/L) 180 (127, 258) 240 (192, 290) <0.01

Emergent (≤90 minutes) OR or IR (n, %) 13 (59%) 70 (19%) <0.001

OUTCOMES

Total blood products at 4 hours (units) 28 (8, 60) 0 (0, 4) <0.001

Total blood products at 24 hours (units) 37 (9, 70) 0 (0, 6) <0.001

Death at 4 hours (n, %) 5 (23%) 9 (2%) <0.001

Death at 24 hours (n, %) 12 (55%) 20 (5%) <0.001

Death at 30 days (n, %) 18 (82%) 43 (12%) <0.001

Primary cause of death

 Exsanguination (n, %) 5 (23%) 2 (<1%) <0.001

 TBI (n, %) 12 (55%) 35 (9%) <0.001

 Sepsis/MOF (n, %) 1 (5%) 2 (<1%) 0.16

 Other/Unknown (n, %) 0 (0%) 4 (1%) 1.00

ISS, injury severity score; GCS, Glasgow coma score; TBI, traumatic brain injury; MOF, multiple organ failure.