Anemia and Blood Transfusion in Patients with Isolated Traumatic Brain Injury
Table 2
Outcomes of patients according to the occurrence of anemia (nadir hemoglobin less than 10 g/dL) during stay in the intensive care unit and PRBC transfusion status.
All patients = 101
Anemia during stay = 48
No anemia during stay = 53
value
PRBC transfusion = 21
No PRBC transfusion = 80
value
Seizures, (%)
12 (11.9)
3 (6.3)
9 (17.0)
0.10
1 (4.8)
11 (13.8)
0.45
Ventilator-associated pneumonia, (%)
18 (17.8)
8 (16.7)
10 (18.9)
0.77
3 (14.3)
15 (18.8)
0.76
Venous thromboembolism, (%)
5 (5.0)
4 (7.6)
1 (1.9)
0.19
0 (0)
5 (6.3)
0.58
Tracheostomy, (%)
37 (36.6)
20 (41.7)
17 (32.1)
0.32
9 (42.9)
28 (35.0)
0.45
Duration of mechanical ventilation (days), mean ± SD
7.9 ± 5.4
8.8 ± 5.1
7.1 ± 5.7
0.13
9.3 ± 5.5
7.6 ± 5.4
0.19
ICU LOS (days), mean ± SD
9.6 ± 7.1
9.2 ± 8.0
10.1 ± 5.8
0.55
9.8 ± 6.5
9.6 ± 7.2
0.92
Hospital LOS (days), mean ± SD
59.8 ± 79.9
68.6 ± 94.1
51.8 ± 64.4
0.30
82.0 ± 100.1
54.0 ± 73.4
0.24
ICU mortality, (%)
14 (13.9)
11 (22.9)
3 (5.7)
0.01
8 (38.1)
6 (7.5)
0.001
Hospital mortality, (%)
15 (14.9)
12 (25.0)
3 (5.7)
0.01
8 (38.1)
7 (8.8)
0.003
ICP: intracerebral pressure; ICU: intensive care unit; LOS: length of stay; SD: standard deviation.
