Table 1.
Patient characteristics
| Patients (n = 16) | |
| Age (years) | 38 (23 – 53) |
| Men | 15 (94%) |
| Injury Severity Score | 27 (15 – 34) |
| SOFA score | |
| ED admission | 10 (6 – 12) |
| 7 days after admission | 5 (2 – 21) |
| Macrocirculatory variables | |
| Lowest systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 94 (62 – 109) |
| Hematocrit (l.l-1) | |
| ED admission | 0.37 (0.32 – 0.41) |
| ICU admission | 0.29 (0.27 – 0.34) |
| ICU+24h | 0.28 (0.24 – 0.36)* |
| Lactate (mmol.l-1) | |
| ED admission | 5.4 (2.3 – 16.1) |
| ICU admission | 3.0 (1.7 – 4.0) |
| ICU+24h | 1.5 (1.1 – 3.5)* |
| Base excess; (mEq.l-1) | |
| ED admission | –8.6 (–21.3 – –2.4) |
| ICU admission | –3.0 (–5.8 – –0.4) |
| ICU+24h | –2.7 (–4.7 –2.1) |
| Type of trauma | |
| Penetrating (n) | 4 (25%) |
| Blunt (n) | 12 (75%) |
| Clinical outcomes | |
| Hospital stay (days) | 18 (6 – 42) |
| Mortality rate; (n) | 4 (25%) |
| Resuscitation fluids in first 24h | |
| Packed RBCs (units) | 4 (3 – 6) |
| Fresh frozen plasma (units) | 2 (1 – 4) |
| Crystalloids (l) | 4.4 (2.7 – 5.7) |
| Colloids (l) | 0 (0 – 0) |
| Noradrenaline dose (μg.kg.min-1) | 0.22 (0.11 – 0.58) |
ED: emergency department; ICU: intensive care unit; ICU+24h: 24 hours after admission at the ICU; RBCs: red blood cells. Data are presented as median (IQR) and tested with a Kruskal Wallis test. *p < 0.05 compared to ED admission.