. 2019 Aug 21;12(3):83–88.

Table 2.

Comparison of injury severity for patients undergoing observation, embolization, or operative management of splenic trauma.

Parameter	Treatment Group^*			p value
Parameter	Observation	Embolization	Operative	p value
Number of observations	169 (49.3)	78 (22.7)	96 (28.0)	---
Injury severity score	17 (9,27)^a	20 (10,27)^a	31 (22,41)^b	< 0.001
Glasgow Coma Scale score	15 (14,15)^a	15 (15,15)^a	14 (3,15)^b	< 0.001
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	127.7 ± 29.3^a	122.5 ± 20.3^a	103.5 ± 27.4^b	< 0.001
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)^†	81.4 ± 22.9^a	81.8 ± 17.9^a	68.4 ± 22.8^b	< 0.001
Heart rate (bpm)	95.1 ± 22.5^a	100.6 ± 21.7^a	111.5 ± 28.5^b	< 0.001
Hemoglobin (g/dL)^†	13.4 ± 3.4^a	12.2 ± 2.3^b	11.5 ± 3.4^b	< 0.001
Hemodynamically stable^†	141 (89.2)^a	75 (96.2)^a	18 (18.9)^b	< 0.001
Transfusion required	45 (26.6)^a	19 (24.4)^a	83 (86.5)^b	< 0.001

Data are presented as Number (%), Median (interquartile range), or Mean ± SD.

^†

Missing values are present in the dataset.

^a,b

Values within a row with different superscript letters are significant at the 0.05 level.