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Table 4 Characteristics of guideline compliance

From: European trauma guideline compliance assessment: the ETRAUSS study

 

Respondent characteristics

Guideline compliance scorea

p Value

Specialty

Anaesthesiology (n = 81)

7.9 ± 1.9

0.004

Emergency medicine (n = 31)

6.4 ± 2.7

Intensive care (n = 81)

7.1 ± 2.7

Surgery (n = 46)

6.4 ± 3.2

ICU type

Exclusively trauma (n = 10)

8.6 ± 2.0

0.03

Mixed surgical-medical (n = 172)

6.9 ± 2.7

Surgical/neurosurgical (n = 61)

7.7 ± 2.3

Hospital type

University (n = 55)

7.1 ± 2.6

0.80

Nonuniversity (n = 188)

7.2 ± 2.7

Trauma centre

Trauma centre (n = 180)

7.4 ± 2.5

0.016

Nontrauma centre (n = 63)

6.6 ± 2.8

Trauma leader

Anaesthesiologist (n = 71)

7.6 ± 1.8

0.12

Emergency medicine (n = 53)

6.6 ± 2.7

Intensivist (n = 50)

7.0 ± 2.8

Surgeon (n = 104)

7.5 ± 2.7

ICU beds

<15 beds (n = 130)

7.2 ± 2.4

0.96

≥15 beds (n = 111)

7.2 ± 2.4

  1. ICU intensive care unit
  2. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation
  3. aOf a possible score of 13, as 13 recommendations were analysed: existence of a damage control protocol, existence of a massive transfusion protocol, arterial pressure targets [in patients with or without traumatic brain injury TBI)], use of vasopressor, haemoglobin targets (in patients with or without TBI), transfusion ratios (plasma to red blood cells, platelets to red blood cells, and platelet numeration transfusion target), use of tranexamic acid, and calcium and fibrinogen targets