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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Surg. 2019 Sep 10;218(6):1065–1073. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.08.024

Table 1. Baseline demographic, injury characteristics, and clinical outcomes of patient population (n=95).

Values presented as median (25–75 interquartile range) and n (percent) as appropriate.

Demographics
Age (years) 40.0 (26.0–55.5)
Male sex, n (%) 74% (70)
Injury
Mechanism: MVC, n (%) 33 (35%)
Mechanism: MCC, n (%) 14 (15%)
Mechanism: fall, n (%) 22 (23%)
Mechanism: auto-pedestrian, n (%) 14 (15%)
Mechanism: bicycle crash, n (%) 5 (5%)
Mechanism: sports injury, n (%) 5 (5%)
Mechanism: other, n (%) 2 (2%)
Injury Severity Score 26 (17–37)
Glasgow Coma Scale 10 (6–15)
Traumatic brain injury, n (%) 43 (45%)
Time from injury to hospital arrival (min) 73 (27–203)
Initial Physiologic Measurements
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 122 (108–139)
Base deficit (meq/L) 6.0 (3.0–10.0)
Lactate (mmol/L) 3.8 (1.8–5.5)
Initial Hematology
Hemoglobin (g/dL) 12.2 (9.9–14.6)
Platelets (10^9/L) 205 (157–239)
Initial Thrombelastography
Reaction time (min) 5.0 (4.4–5.3)
Angle (degrees) 71.0 (65.5–74.3)
Maximum amplitude (mm) 68.0 (65.4–69.6)
LY30 (%) 0.4 (0.1–1.4)
Resuscitation in First 24 Hours
Crystalloids (mL) 2150 (1053–3557)
RBCs (units) 0 (0–2)
FFP (units) 0 (0–1)
Platelets (units) 0 (0–0)
Cryoprecipitate (units) 0 (0–0)
Outcomes
Ever received VTE chemoprophylaxis, n (%) 75 (79%)
Time to VTE chemoprophylaxis (hours) 43.8 (26.5–66.4)
Any clot complication, n (%) 12 (13%)
  DVT, n (%) 7 (7%)
  PE, n (%) 2 (2%)
  CVA, n (%) 5 (5%)
ICU LOS (days) 7 (3–14)
Hospital LOS (days) 16 (9–24)
Mortality, n (%) 4 (4%)

MVC=motor vehicle collision, MCC=motorcycle collision, RBCs=red blood cells, FFP=fresh frozen plasma, VTE= venous thromboembolism, DVT=deep venous thrombosis, PE=pulmonary embolus, CVA=cerebrovascular accident, ICU=intensive care unit, LOS=length of stay