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. 2018 Dec 19;3(1):e000232. doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000232

Table 1.

Patient demographics, resuscitation, and outcome parameters

Total cohort
(n=241)
No ARDS
(n=66)
ARDS
(n=15)
P value
Demographics
 Age (years) 45 (27–59) 37 (23–56) 38 (25–58) 0.67
 Gender (% male) 178 (74) 40 (61) 15 (100) 0.003*
 MOI (% blunt) 232 (96) 62 (94) 15 (100) 0.33
 ISS 29 (22–36) 25 (19–29) 30 (26–41) 0.01*
 AIS head 3 (1–4) 3 (0–4) 2 (0–4) 0.13
 AIS face 0 (0–2) 0 (0–1) 0 (0–2) 0.70
 AIS chest 3 (2–4) 3 (1–3) 4 (3–4) 0.04*
 AIS abdomen 1 (0–3) 1 (0–2) 2 (0–3) 0.57
 AIS extremities/pelvis 2 (1–3) 2 (0–3) 3 (0–3) 0.20
 AIS external 0 (0–1) 0 (0–1) 1 (0–1) 0.62
 Pelvic fracture 75 (31) 21 (32) 4 (27) 0.70
 Urgent laparotomy 61 (25) 16 (24) 6 (40) 0.22
Resuscitation
 Crystalloids (L)
  <8 hours 4.7 (2.6–6.5) 4.5 (1.5–5.9) 4.9 (2.0–7.0) 0.33
  <24 hours 7.6 (5.3–10.4) 6.8 (3.3–9.5) 8.7 (5.9–12.8) 0.03*
 PRBC (U)
  <8 hours 1 (0–4) 0 (0–3) 3 (0–7) 0.18
  <24 hours 1 (1–6) 1 (0–3) 3 (0–9) 0.24
 FFP (U)
  <8 hours 0 (0–4) 0 (0–2) 2 (0–4) 0.05
  <24 hours 0 (0–5) 0 (0–2) 3 (0–4) 0.04*
 PLT (U)†
  <8 hours 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 0 (0–1) 0.01*
  <24 hours 0 (0–1) 0 (0–0) 0 (0–2) 0.02*
Outcome
 Ventilator days 7 (3–12) 2 (1–3) 11 (6–17) <0.001*
 ICU-LOS (days) 8 (4–14) 3 (2–4) 12 (8–19) <0.001*
 H-LOS (days) 23 (14–34) 15 (10–23) 33 (14–43) 0.004*
 MODS 76 (32) 2 (3) 6 (40) <0.001*
 Mortality 31 (13) 2 (3) 3 (20) 0.01*

Data are expressed as median (IQR) or absolute number (%).

*Statistically significant.

†1 unit of platelets contains five donors.

AIS, Abbreviated Injury Scale; ARDS, Acute Respiratory Dysfunction Syndrome; FFP, fresh frozen plasma; H-LOS, hospital length of stay;ICU-LOS, intensive care unit length of stay; ISS, Injury Severity Score; MODS, Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome; MOI, mechanism of injury; PLT, platelet; PRBC, packed red blood cells.