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. 2020 May 14;20:39. doi: 10.1186/s12873-020-00335-w

Table 5.

Venous thromboembolism risk factors

Total (n = 71) VTE (n = 9) No VTE (n = 62) P-value
ISS 28.2 ± 12.3 40.3 ± 10.7 26.4 ± 11.5 0.001*
Lower extremity amputation, n 6 (8.5%) 2 (22.2%) 4 (6.5%) 0.16
Lower extremity fracture, n 21 (29.6%) 6 (66.7%) 15 (24.1%) 0.02*
Pelvic fracture, n 3 (4.2%) 2 (22.2%) 1 (1.6%) 0.04*
Spinal cord injury, n 4 (5.6%) 1 (11.1%) 3 (4.8%) 0.43
Ventilator days 6.5 ± 6.5 12.1 ± 5.2 5.7 ± 6.3 0.004*
Blood products transfused (units) 17.3 ± 28.2 44.2 ± 49.1 13.4 ± 21.8 0.008*
Received massive transfusion within 24 h, n 9 (12.7%) 3 (33.3%) 6 (9.7%) 0.08
Administered recombinant Factor VII, n 1 (1.4%) 0 (0%) 1 (1.6%) 1.0
Administered TXA, n 14 (19.7%) 5 (55.6%) 9 (14.5%) 0.01*