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Table 3 Outcome based on transfusion ratios

From: Trauma resuscitation requiring massive transfusion: a descriptive analysis of the role of ratio and time

 

HMTP (n = 31)

LMTP (n = 46)

P value

Mortality by associated injuries (ratios at <4 h)

  Head injury

88.9

55.6

0.07

  Lung contusion

69.2

66.7

0.86

  Rib fracture

66.7

27.8

0.01

  Pelvic fracture

53.8

44

0.55

  Long bone fracture

30.8

23.5

0.61

  Spleen

15.4

27.8

0.37

  Liver

30.8

41.7

0.48

  Cardiac

0.0

8.3

0.28

Outcomes* based on MTP ratios calculated at <4 h

  Multi Organ Failure (%)

48.4

87

0.001

  Mortality (%)

41.9

78.3

0.001

Outcomes* based on MTP ratios calculated at 424 h

  Multiorgan failure (%)

58.3

72.7

0.29

  Mortality (%)

46.7

63.6

0.24

  1. *It represents the overall outcome (MOF and mortality) and its correlation with the transfusion ratios calculated initially at 4 h and at 4-24 h