Table 1.
Pulmonary embolism’s risk factors in trauma patients
| Risk factors | Study | Results |
|---|---|---|
| Elder Age | Bahloul M [20 ] | NT |
| Cambien B [61] | NT | |
| Darabadi [12] | Increased risk of Early PE | |
| Obesity | Howard VJ [63] | NT |
| Lentz SR [62] | NT | |
| Blokhin IO [64] | NT | |
| Severe ISS | Brakenridge [11] | Increased risk of Late PE |
| Coleman JJ [8] | Increased risk of Late PE | |
| Benns M [7] | Increased risk of Late PE | |
| Darabadi [12] | Increased risk of Early PE | |
| Brain injury | Brakenridge [11] | Increased risk of Late PE |
| Coleman JJ [8] | Increased risk of Late PE | |
| Benns M [7] | Increased risk of Late PE | |
| Spinal cord injury | Coleman [8] | Increased risk of Late PE |
| Long bone fractures | Brakenridge [11] | Increased risk of Early PE |
| Coleman JJ [8] | Increased risk of Early PE | |
| Benns M [7] | Increased risk of Early PE | |
| Darabadi [12] | Increased risk of Early PE | |
| AIS | Coleman [8] | Increased risk of Early PE |
| Severe chest injury | Brakenridge [11] | Increased risk of Late PE |
| Hemodynamic instability | Gelbard [9] | NT |
| Sepsis | Donze [68] | NT |
| Hypoxemia | Levine [67] | NT |
| Brill A [69] | NT | |
| Transfusion | Coleman [8] | Increased risk of Late PE |
| Surgical intervention < 72 h | Blaisdell FW [74] | NT |
| Use of TXA | Chakroun-Walha [75] | NT |
PE: pulmonary embolism; NT: no timing precision; TXA: Tranexamic Acid.