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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2019 Apr;86(4):573–582. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000002201

Table 2.

Characteristics of injured patients in whom the gut microbiome was different from controls in injured patients with a gut microbial profile similar to controls.

Microbiome Different than Controls Microbiome Similar to Controls p value
# of subjects 53 (74%) 19 (26%)
Age 45 43 0.89
# of Females 17 (32%) 6 (32%) 1.00
# of Blunt 42 (79%) 15 (79%) 1.00
# of Penetrating 10 (19%) 5 (26%) 0.52
ISS 20 22 0.34
Shock Index (HR/SBP) 1.02 0.84 0.18
RBCs (units) in 12 hours 2 7 0.0014
Total blood products (units) in 12 hours 3 14 0.0014
Number of patients receiving ≥ 4 units RBCs in the ED 12 (22.6%) 7 (36.8%) 0.23
Number of patients receiving a MTP 1 (1.8%) 6 (31.5%) 0.0002
Transport Time (min) 27 27 1.00