Clinical Study
The Rapid TEG α-Angle May Be a Sensitive Predictor of Transfusion in Moderately Injured Blunt Trauma Patients
Table 1
Characteristics of overall study population, nontransfused and transfused patients.
| | Overall () | Nontransfused () | Transfused () | P |
| Male (n, %) | 55 (72) | 33 (65) | 22 (88) | 0.054a | Age (years)c | 49 ± 21 | 52 ± 20 | 43 ± 20 | 0.056b | Blunt mechanism (n, %) | 63 (83) | 42 (82) | 21 (84) | 0.543b | Systolic BP (mmHg) | 127 ± 23 | 130 ± 22 | 122 ± 25 | 0.111b | Diastolic BP (mmHg) | 73 ± 19 | 75 ± 20 | 70 ± 16 | 0.399b | Heart rate (bpm) | 84 ± 21 | 78 ± 17 | 98 ± 25 | 0.005
b | Lactate (mmol/L) | 2.3 ± 1.8 | 2.0 ± 1.3 | 3.0 ± 2.4 | 0.070b | Base deficit (mEq/L) | −2.7 ± 3.3 | −1.9 ± 2.1 | −3.8 ± 4.4 | 0.099b | Hb (g/dL) | 12.4 ± 2.3 | 13.1 ± 2.0 | 10.9 ± 2.4 | <0.001 | Hct (%) | 36.5 ± 6.8 | 38.5 ± 5.8 | 32.3 ± 6.9 | <0.001 | ISS | 18 ± 10 | 15 ± 9 | 24 ± 10 | 0.001
b | Craniocerebral injury (n, %) | 33 (43) | 20 (39) | 13 (52) | 0.285b | Mortality (n, %) | 9 (12) | 1 (2) | 8 (32) | <0.001
a | ICU admission (n, %) | 34 (45) | 16 (31) | 18 (72) | 0.001
a | APACHE II score (ICU pts) | 19.7 ± 8.3 | 16.9 ± 8.0 | 22.3 ± 7.8 | 0.078b | SAPS II | 40 ± 19 | 34 ± 17 | 45 ± 20 | 0.101b |
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aFisher’s exact test.
bKruskal-Wallis test.
cPresented as (mean ± SD) for continuous variables, unless otherwise indicated.
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