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Table 2 Hemostatic parameters of patients with isolated TBI with and without coagulopathy

From: Acute and delayed mild coagulopathy are related to outcome in patients with isolated traumatic brain injury

 

Coagulopathy

No coagulopathy

P-value

N

26

81

 

Hemoglobin (mmol/l)

7.4 ± 1.6

8.4 ± 0.8

<0.001*

PT

1.4 ± 0.6

1.1 ± 0.1

<0.001*

aPTT (s)

46 ± 29

31 ± 4

<0.001*

Platelets (*10 9 per liter)

180 ± 53

241 ± 61

<0.001*

pH

7.34 ±0.10

7.37 ± 0.10

n.s.

Lactate (mmol/l)

2.8 ± 1.8

2.3 ± 1.2

n.s.

Coagulopathy at 24 h post-trauma [n]

26/26 (100%)

32/81 (40%)

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  1. aPTT, activated partial thromboplastin time; n.s., not significant; PT, prothrombin time. Values represent percentages, mean ± SD or median with interquartile range.
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