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Table 1 Characteristics and outcome differences between patients treated in a trauma room with CT and a conventional resuscitation room (n = 246)

From: Treating patients in a trauma room equipped with computed tomography and patients’ mortality: a non-controlled comparison study

  

Total (n = 246)

Conventional resuscitation room (n = 140)

Trauma room with CT (n = 106)

p value

n (%)/median (IQR)

n (%)/median (IQR)

n (%)/median (IQR)

Gender

Male

181 (73.6)

93 (66.4)

88 (83.0)

0.004

Female

65 (26.4)

47 (33.6)

18 (17.0)

 

Age

 

51 (36, 69)

50 (35, 70)

54 (38, 69)

0.769

Initial vital signs

GCS

14 (13, 15)

15 (14, 15)

14 (10, 15)

0.017

Heart rate

88 (72, 103)

87 (72, 99)

89 (73, 105)

0.249

Systolic pressure

141 (118, 162)

143 (121, 164)

139 (113, 159)

0.541

Respiratory rate

20 (17, 24)

20 (17, 24)

20 (18, 24)

0.243

Temperature

36.4 (36.1, 36.9)

36.4 (36.0, 36.9)

36.4 (36.1, 36.9)

0.618

CT performed

 

206 (83.7)

113 (80.7)

93 (87.7)

0.164

 

For head

176 (71.5)

93 (66.4)

83 (78.3)

0.046

 

For body trunk

162 (65.9)

82 (58.6)

80 (75.5)

0.007

Intubation in ER

94 (38.2)

43 (30.7)

51 (48.1)

0.008

Use REBOA

7 (2.8)

1 (0.7)

6 (5.7)

0.045

Arterial embolization

25 (10.2)

10 (7.1)

15 (14.2)

0.089

Place chest tube in ER

18 (7.5)

6 (4.5)

12 (11.3)

0.052

Type of Trauma

Blunt

209 (85.0)

118 (84.2)

91 (85.8)

0.857

Penetrate

37 (15.0)

22 (15.7)

15 (14.1)

 

Isolated TBI

21 (8.5)

12 (8.6)

9 (8.5)

1.000

Polytrauma

92 (37.4)

42 (30.0)

50 (47.2)

0.008

Hypotension

29 (11.8)

14 (10.0)

15 (14.2)

0.324

TAC INR > 1.3

16 (3.9)

5 (3.6)

11 (10.4)

0.038

ISS category

1–8

89 (36.2)

58 (41.4)

31 (29.2)

0.011

9–15

65 (26.4)

40 (28.6)

25 (23.6)

 

16–24

54 (22.0)

29 (20.7)

25 (23.6)

 

≥ 25

38 (15.4)

13 (9.3)

25 (23.6)

 

ISS

 

10 (4, 18)

9 (4, 16)

13 (5, 22)

0.002

RTS

 

7.84 (6.90, 7.84)

7.84 (7.48, 7.84)

7.84 (6.38, 7.84)

0.015

Ps

 

97.6 (92.2, 99.3)

97.8 (94.2, 99.4)

96.8 (81.3, 99.2)

0.009

Lactate

 

2.0 (1.3, 2.9)

2.0 (1.3, 2.9)

1.9 (1.3, 3.0)

0.876

BE

 

−0.20 (−2.62, 1.33)

−0.30 (−2.6, 1.2)

−0.10 (−2.8, 1.5)

0.807

Hg

 

13.2 (11.4, 14.4)

13.2 (11.6, 14.5)

13.2 (11.2, 14.0)

0.439

Fbg

 

286 (230, 336)

298 (257, 353)

260 (208, 314)

< 0.001

APTT

 

26.4 (24.1, 28.8)

26.4 (24.1, 28.5)

26.9 (24.3, 29.4)

0.283

PT-INR

 

1.04 (0.97, 1.12)

1.02 (0.95, 1.10)

1.06 (0.99, 1.15)

0.001

FDP

 

13.7 (3.6, 53.2)

10.8 (3.2, 30.9)

18.4 (4.7, 87.0)

0.025

D-dimer

 

7.6 (1.4, 29.4)

6.6 (1.2, 21.4)

9.7 (1.7, 46.1)

0.043

Transfusion

RBC

0 (0, 6)

0 (0, 4)

0 (0, 8)

0.009

FFP

0 (0, 4)

0 (0, 0)

0 (0, 10)

0.002

Mortality

In-hospital

15 (6.1)

6 (4.3)

9 (8.5)

0.189

24 h

6 (2.4)

2 (1.4)

4 (3.8)

0.407

RBC ≥ 10 U/24 h

39 (15.9)

17 (12.1)

22 (20.8)

0.079

Time to CT (min)

30 (23, 42)

37 (30, 48)

23 (18, 28)

< 0.001

Time to TAE (min)

81 (67, 93)

81 (56, 97)

80 (73, 87)

0.856

Time to operation (min)

94 (61, 122)

97 (7, 123)

83 (68, 121)

0.687

ED staying (min)

81 (58, 117)

91 (61, 122)

72 (53, 113)

0.044

ICU stay (day)

3 (2, 7)

3 (2, 7)

3 (2, 6)

0.811

Hospital stay (day)

16 (5, 35)

15 (5, 34)

17 (5, 37)

0.975

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