Table 3.
Demographic data and clinical characteristics of 234 patients with BSI who underwent SAE
| Sex | |
| Male, n (%) | 189 (80.8) |
| Female, n (%) | 45 (19.2) |
| Age (years)* | 34 (23–50.5) |
| Transferred case, n (%) | 147 (62.8) |
| Shock at triage, n (%) | 43 (18.4) |
| SBP* | 116 (96–137) |
| HR* | 96 (82–112) |
| RR* | 20 (18–20) |
| Mechanism | |
| Motorcycle, n (%) | 151 (64.5) |
| Fall, n (%) | 35 (15.0) |
| Motorcar, n, (%) | 19 (8.1) |
| Assault, n (%) | 12 (5.1) |
| Others (bicycle, compression, passenger etc.), n (%) | 17 (7.3) |
| Initial serum hemoglobin (g/dL)* | 11.4 (9.4–13.4) |
| Grade of splenic injury | |
| 2018 AAST-OIS | |
| II, n (%) | 3 (1.3) |
| III, n (%) | 21 (9.0) |
| IV, n (%) | 111 (47.4) |
| V, n (%) | 99 (42.3) |
| OIS* | 4 (4–5) |
| Isolated splenic injury, n (%) | 77 (32.9) |
| Multiple injuries, n (%) | 157 (67.1) |
| Injury severity score* | 25 (18–29) |
| Indication of SAE | |
| Abdominal CT, n (%) | 208 (88.9) |
| Pseudoaneurysm, n (%) | 91 (38.9 |
| Contrast extravasation, n (%) | 53 (22.6) |
| Combined contrast extravasation with pseudoaneurysm, n (%) | 43 (18.4) |
| High injury grade, n (%) | 18 (7.7) |
| Large hemoperitoneum, n (%) | 3 (1.3) |
| Failed to NOM-obs, n (%) | 26 (11.1) |
| Time from injury to SAE (hours)* | 7 (5–27.3) |
| Vascular injury on angiography, n (%) | |
| Positive, n (%) | 202 (86.3) |
| Negative, n (%) | 32 (13.7) |
BSI blunt splenic injury, SAE splenic artery embolization, 2018 AAST-OIS 2018 revision of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma-Organ Injury Scale, CT computed tomography, NOM-obs nonoperative management with observation
*Values are median (i.q.r.)