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Table 1 Demographic and clinical data for bleeding, severely injured children treated with fluid replacement therapy

From: Influence of prehospital volume replacement on outcome in polytraumatized children

Patient characteristic

Low-volume group

High-volume group

Group mean (all patients)

P value

Patients (n)

31

31

62

 

Age (years)

11.1 (4.5)

11.4 (4.6)

11.3 (4.5)

0.34

Male (%)

74.2

51.6

62.9

0.09

Glasgow coma scale

8.0 (4.4)

7.3 (4.6)

7.7 (4.5)

0.61

Injury severity score

34.7 (12.2)

37.3 (14.4)

36.0 (13.3)

0.34

Blunt trauma (%)

100

93.5

96.8

0.50

AIS head

3.4 (1.8)

3.4 (1.8)

3.4 (1.8)

0.56

AIS thorax

2.1 (1.8)

2.1 (1.9)

2.1 (1.8)

0.96

AIS abdomen

1.8 (1.8)

1.6 (1.9)

1.7 (1.9)

0.33

AIS extremities including pelvis

2.1 (1.5)

2.2 (1.5)

2.2 (1.5)

0.88

  1. Demographic and clinical data on bleeding, severely injured children treated prior to hospitalization with low-volume or high-volume fluid replacement therapy (31 patients per group). Data shown as the mean (standard deviation) or percentage of the group. AIS, Abbreviated Injury Scale.