Table 3.
Trauma severity and related parameters
| Total | Isolated TBI | TBI with SEI | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 485 | n = 343 | n = 142 | |||||
| Median | IQR | Median | IQR | Median | IQR | ||
| GCS on arrival | 11 | (6–15) | 12 | (6–15) | 11 | (6–14) | 0.13 |
| AIS of head | 4 | (3–5) | 4 | (3–5) | 4 | (3–5) | 0.53 |
| ISS | 25 | (16–28) | 17 | (13–25) | 34 | (25–41) | <0.001 |
| RTS | 6.90 | (5.97–7.84) | 6.90 | (5.97–7.84) | 6.90 | (5.29–7.84) | 0.104 |
| Ps | 0.93 | (0.68–0.97) | 0.95 | (0.82–0.98) | 0.82 | (0.46–0.94) | <0.001 |
| Length of hospital stay, day | 18 | (7–39) | 14 | (6–30.5) | 31 | (14–57) | <0.001 |
| Coagulation | |||||||
| Platelets, 104/μl | 21.2 | (17.1–25.6) | 21.4 | (17.3–25.8) | 20.5 | (16.8–25.1) | 0.40 |
| PT (s) | 12.0 | (11.3–12.9) | 11.8 | (11.2–12.6) | 12.5 | (11.7–13.4) | <0.001 |
| PT-INR | 1.03 | (0.98–1.12) | 1.02 | (0.96–1.10) | 1.07 | (1.0–1.18) | <0.001 |
| aPTT (s) | 27.2 | (25.0–31.2) | 27.7 | (25.0–30.9) | 27.7 | (25.3–32.6) | 0.07 |
| FDP, μg/ml | 55.5 | (21.1–157.0) | 41.2 | (15.0–129.2) | 90.9 | (41.0–226.3) | <0.001 |
| D-dimer, μg/ml | 32.6 | (12.8–95.0) | 24.4 | (8.1–70.1) | 57.8 | (23.3–133.2) | <0.001 |
AIS: abbreviated injury scale, aPTT: activated partial thromboplastin time, FDP: fibrin/fibrinogen degradation products, GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale, ISS: injury severity score, IQR: interquartile range, Ps: probability of survival, PT: prothrombin time, PT-INR: prothrombin time-international normalized ratio, RTS: revised trauma score, SEI: severe extracranial injury, TBI: traumatic brain injury. Data are indicated median and IQR.