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Table 2 Pre-hospital and emergency department fluids, vital signs, and labs

From: Circulation first – the time has come to question the sequencing of care in the ABCs of trauma; an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter trial

 

n

CAB

ABC

p value

IVF pre-hospital

440

53.9 %

55.1 %

0.79

IVF volume pre-hospital (mL)

151

500 (250–1010)

800 (300–1800)

0.13

SBP initial

440

80 (50–95)

82 (62–99)

0.1

DBP initial

422

48 (0–64)

51 (25–68)

0.03

SBP pre-intubation

440

84 (54–101)

85 (62–99)

0.3

DBP pre-intubation

430

50 (0–66)

53 (0–76)

0.07

SBP post-intubation

439

92 (42–114)

90 (62.5–113.5)

0.53

DBP post-intubation

434

52.5 (20–73)

58 (32–79)

0.11

Lactate pre-intubation

222

0 (0–3)

0 (0–2)

0.5

Lactate post-intubation

325

3 (0–6)

2 (0–5)

0.12

  1. All values represent medians (interquartile range)
  2. Abbreviations: IVF Intravenous fluids, mL Milliliter, SBP Systolic blood pressure, DBP Diastolic blood pressure