Research Article

The Risk Factors for Mortality among Septic Trauma Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using the National Trauma Data Bank

Table 3

Table showing the therapeutic interventions undergone by the trauma patients who developed sepsis during this hospital stay.

TotalDied value
N = 1782No (N = 1215)Yes (N = 567)

Transfusion blood (4 Hours) (mL)423.96 ± 1297.02452.02 ± 1375.48368.67 ± 1128.430.735
Transfusion blood (24 Hours) (mL)659.47 ± 2202.30653.85 ± 2163.05670.54 ± 2284.210.992
Transfusion platelets (4 Hours) (mL)76.61 ± 201.5079.79 ± 210.9270.71 ± 183.760.439
Transfusion platelets (24 Hours) (mL)116.83 ± 340.84106.22 ± 304.89136.32 ± 399.440.190
Surgery for hemorrhage control type
 None176 (9.9%)117 (35.3%)59 (35.1%)0.557
 Laparotomy252 (14.1%)169 (51.1%)83 (49.4%)
 Thoracotomy20 (1.1%)13 (3.9%)7 (4.2%)
 Sternotomy3 (0.2%)1 (0.3%)2 (1.2%)
 Extremity22 (1.2%)17 (5.1%)5 (3.0%)
 Neck2 (0.1%)1 (0.3%)1 (0.6%)
 Mangled extremity/traumatic amputation11 (0.6%)7 (2.1%)4 (2.4%)
 Other skin/soft tissue13 (0.7%)6 (1.8%)7 (4.2%)
 Not known/Not recorded1283 (72.0%)

Indicates that Fisher’s exact was used to calculate the value. Indicates that the Mann–Whitney test was used to calculate the value.