Research Article

Coagulation Parameters and Risk of Progressive Hemorrhagic Injury after Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 4

Effect of coagulopathy on PHI after traumatic brain injury.

Data typeCoagulation testsNumber of studiesPopulation size for testHeterogeneity ()MD/OR (95% CI)

ContinuousPLT410030.060−7.24 −14.77, 0.28
PT26300.56900.25 −0.60, 1.11
PTT410260.92330.05 −0.85, 0.94
D-dimer28500.319934.48 −32.15, 101.11
Fg31044<0.0010−0.26 −0.39, −0.13
INR23980.10960.50 −0.09, 1.08

DichotomousPLT41267<0.001352.76 1.62, 4.70
PT51644<0.001702.69 1.55, 4.66
PTT412890.15702.39 0.72, 7.95
D-dimer31160<0.0016316.50 4.94, 55.04
Fg31145<0.00103.44 2.37, 4.99
INR2512<0.00103.70 1.11–6.29

APTT: activated partial thromboplastin time; Fg: fibrinogen/fibrin; INR: international normalized ratio; PHI: progressive hemorrhagic injury; PLT: platelet counts; PT: prothrombin time; CI: confidence interval; MD: mean difference; OR: odds ratio.