Table 1 Demographics
From: Reappraising the concept of massive transfusion in trauma
Number missing | All patients (n = 5,693) | London (n = 788) | Oslo (n = 2167) | San Francisco (n = 384) | Amsterdam (n = 649) | TR-DGU (n = 1705) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Massive transfusion cases (%) | 0 | 518 (9%) | 69 (9%) | 68 (3%) | 47 (12%) | 12 (2%) | 322 (19%) |
Age in years (range) | 24 (0.4%) | 36 (24 to 53) | 33 (24 to 46) | 34 (21 to 51) | 40 (26 to 56) | 33 (20 to 49) | 41 (27 to 58) |
Male (%) | 0 | 4,161 (73%) | 636 (81%) | 1,539 (71%) | 294 (77%) | 451 (69%) | 1,241 (73%) |
Penetrating injury (%) | 23 (0.4%) | 580 (10%) | 150 (26%) | 177 (8%) | 125 (22%) | 29 (5%) | 99 (17%) |
Injury Severity Score (range) | 86 (2%) | 17 (9 to 29) | 16 (6 to 26) | 12 (5 to 22) | 18 (10 to 29) | 5 (1 to 15) | 27 (18 to 38) |
Systolic blood pressure, mean (SD) (mm Hg) | 425 (7%) | 126 (29) | 127 (30) | 130 (32) | 130 (32) | 138 (26) | 116 (29) |
Base deficit, mean (mM, range) | 865 (15%) | 2.3 (0.2 to 5.3) | 2.6 (0.4 to 6.2) | 1.2 (-0.6 to 3.4) | 5.5 (3.0 to 9.3) | 1.3 (-0.4 to 3.2) | 3.4 (1.1 to 6.2) |
Prothrombin time (seconds, range) | 1,648 (29%) | 14.1 (13 to 16.8) | 12.0 (12.0 to 13.2) | 13.2 (13.2 to 15.6) | 14.4 (13.5 to 15.5) | 14.1 (13.4 to 14.8) | 15.8 (13.0 to 21.0) |
Time to emergency department (minutes, range) | 2,396 (42%) | 56 (37-80) | 62 (49 to 81) | 47 (30 to 85) | 27 (22 to 35) | -- | 63 (48 to 85) |