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. 2020 Jan 14;15:7. doi: 10.1186/s13017-020-0291-9

Table 3.

Hemostatic treatments and transfusion amounts in the propensity-matched groups

Control group
n = 31
FC group
n = 31
p value
Interventions to emergency haemostasis 5 (16.1%) 10 (32.2%) 0.138
 Thoracotomy and/or laparotomy 3 (9.7%) 8 (25.8%) 0.096
 Transarterial embolization 3 (9.7%) 2 (6.5%) 0.641
Other emergency interventions 10 (32.2%) 14 (45.1%) 0.297
 Craniotomy 8 (25.8%) * 9 (29.0%) 0.753
 Orthopaedic surgery 2 (6.5%) 4 (9.7%) 0.390
 Other 0 (0.0%) 2 (9.7%) 0.151
Transfusion
 During the first 6 h after the admission to ED
  RBC (unit) 2 (0–10) 8 (2–22) 0.016
  FFP (unit) 4 (0–10) 14 (4–23) 0.009
  PC (unit) 0 (0–0) 0 (0–20) 0.059
 From 6 to 24 h after the admission to ED
  RBC (unit) 0 (0–4) 2 (0–5) 0.387
  FFP (unit) 0 (0–7) 4 (0–9) 0.133
  PC (unit) 0 (0–15) 0 (0–20) 0.771
FC administration during 24 h after the admission to ED 19 (61.2%) 31 (100%) < 0.001
First FC administration after the admission to ED
 0–1 h 0 31 (100%) < 0.001
 1–3 h 10 (32.2%) 0 (0.0%)
 3–24 h 9 (29.0%) 0 (0.0%)
Total amounts during 24 h after the admission to ED 3 (3–3) 3 (3–3) 0.96

*A patients who has performed burr hole surgery was included

FC fibrinogen concentrate, ED emergency department, RBC red blood cell, FFP fresh frozen plasma, PC platelet concentrate