Table 1.

Baseline and outcome characteristics

	All patients (n = 15)	No infectious complications (n = 9)	Infectious complications (n = 6)	P value
Gender (male/female)	10/5	5/4	5/1	0.580
Age	39.0 (24.0–62.0)	39.0 (27.5–54.0)	40.0 (19.8–68.8)	1.000
ISS	33.0 (22.0–36.0)	29.0 (19.5–38.5)	33.0 (27.8–38.0)	0.529
Resuscitation < 24 h
FFP	6 (0.0–10.0)	4 (0.0–9.5)	9 (0.0–18.0)	0.46
RBCs	2 (0.0–9.0)	1 (0.0–7.5)	6 (1.5–14.3)	0.27
PLTs	0 (0.0–6.0)	0 (0.0–4.5)	1.5 (0.0–9.8)	0.46
Mechanism of injury				0.275
Traffic	11 (73.3%)	7 (77.8%)	4 (66.7%)
Fall from height	1 (6.7%)	1 (11.1%)	0
Physical abuse	1 (6.7%)	1 (11.1%)	0
Gunshot injury	2 (13.3%)	0	2 (33.3%)
Open fracture				0.341
Gustilo grade II	1 (6.7%)	1 (11%)	0
Gustilo grade IIIA	1 (6.7%)	0	1 (16.7%)
Gustilo grade IIIB	1 (6.7%)	0	1 (16.7%)
Open wounds				0.379
Minor laceration	4 (26.7%)	2 (22.2%)	2 (33.3%)
Major laceration	1 (6.7%)	0	1 (16.7%)
Length of hospital stay (days)	17.0 (12.0–26.0)	15.0 (10.0–24.0)	25.5 (15.3–28.3)	0.145
In hospital mortality	4 (26.7%)	2 (22.2%)	2 (33.3%)
Causes of death				1.000
Infectious complication	1 (6.7%)	0	1 (16.7%)
Intestinal ischemia	1 (6.7%)	0	1 (16.7%)
Traumatic brain injury	2 (13.3%)	2 (22.2%)	0

Data are presented as median (IQR) or n (%). Minor lacerations were defined as lacerations involving cutaneous tissue only. Major lacerations were defined as lacerations involving cutaneous tissue as well as deeper tissues. Variables are compared between patients with infectious complications and patients without infectious complications with Fisher’s exact test or Mann-Whitney U test

ISS injury severity score, FFP fresh frozen plasma, RBCs packed red blood cells, PLTs platelets