Table 1.
Characteristics of trauma patients
Trauma patients (n = 39) | |
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Patient characteristics | |
Age, y | 45 (30-56) |
Male, n (%) | 32 (82) |
Injury to sample time, min | 106 (92-116) |
Admission physiology | |
Heart rate, beats/min | 107 (68-116) |
sBP, mm Hg | 115 (91-129) |
Lactate, mmol/L | 3.3 (1.9-7.2) |
Base deficit, mmol/L | 4.6 (2.5-13.9) |
Glasgow coma score | 9 (3-15) |
Injury characteristics | |
Blunt mechanism, n (%) | 33 (85) |
Injury severity score | 34 (18-41) |
AIS head and neck | 0 (0-4) |
AIS thorax | 3 (0-4) |
AIS abdomen | 2 (0-4) |
AIS extremity and pelvis | 2 (0-3) |
Fluid and blood products | |
Prebaseline crystalloid, mL | 0 (0-500) |
Prebaseline PRBC, units | 0 (0-3) |
24-h PRBC, units | 3 (0-7) |
Outcomes | |
ICU length of stay, d* | 9 (2-14) |
Hospital length of stay, d* | 28 (8-53) |
Ventilator days | 1 (1-9) |
Vasopressor days | 1 (0-5) |
MODS, n (%)† | 19 (48) |
28-d mortality, n (%) | 13 (33) |
Days to death | 1 (1-6) |
Data are reported as median number (IQR), unless otherwise stated.
AIS, abbreviated injury score; PRBCs, packed red blood cells; ICU, intensive care unit; MODS, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome; sBP, systolic blood pressure; SOFA, sequential organ failure assessment score
Survivors only.
SOFA score ≥6 on at least 2 consecutive days.