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Table 2 Outcome measures for hemostatic interventions in trauma

From: The epidemiology and modern management of traumatic hemorrhage: US and international perspectives

Outcome measure

Details

Mortality

Overall

 

Early

 

Late

Complications

Organ failure

 

   Acute respiratory distress syndrome

 

   Renal failure

 

   Inotropes

 

   Hyperbilirubinemia

 

Infection

 

   Sepsis

 

   Pneumonia

 

Coagulopathy

 

   Continued bleeding

 

   Transfusion requirement

Costs

Inpatient care

 

Outpatient care

 

Rehabilitative care

 

Life and work years lost

Other

Hospital days

 

   Intensive care

 

   Hospital

 

   Ventilator

 

Laboratory tests

 

   Prothrombin time

 

   Partial thromboplastin time

 

   Thromboelastography

 

Transfusion requirement

 

   Packed red blood cells

 

   Fresh frozen plasma

 

   Platelets

 

   Cryoprecipitate