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Table 3 Characteristics and outcome differences between patients treated in trauma room with CT and conventional resuscitation room after propensity score matching (n = 176)

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

  

Total (n = 176)

Conventional resuscitation room (n = 88)

Trauma room with CT (n = 88)

p value

n (%)/median (IQR)

n (%)/median (IQR)

n (%)/median (IQR)

Gender

Male

145 (82.4)

72 (81.8)

73 (83.0)

1.000

Female

31 (17.6)

16 (18.2)

15 (17.0)

 

Age

 

50 (35.8,67.2)

49 (33, 68.3)

52.5 (36, 67)

0.726

Initial vital signs

GCS

14 (13, 15)

14 (13, 15)

14 (13.8, 15)

0.931

Heart rate

88 (72, 103)

88 (72, 102.3)

89 (72.5, 103.1)

0.877

Systolic pressure

142 (120, 162)

143 (117.8, 164.8)

140 (120, 159)

0.747

Respiratory rate

20 (17, 24)

20 (17, 24)

20 (17, 24)

0.366

Temperature

36.4 (36, 36.9)

36.4 (35.9, 36.8)

36.4 (36.1, 36.9)

0.537

CT performed

 

152 (86.4)

77 (87.5)

93 (85.2)

0.826

 

For head

127 (72.2)

61 (69.3)

83 (75.0)

0.501

 

For body trunk

122 (69.3)

58 (65.9)

80 (72.7)

0.414

Intubation in ER

72 (40.9)

34 (38.6)

38 (43.2)

0.646

Use REBOA

5 (2.8)

1 (1.1)

4 (4.5)

0.364

Arterial embolization

20 (11.4)

9 (10.2)

11 (12.5)

0.812

Place chest tube in ER

15 (8.5)

6 (6.8)

9 (10.2)

0.589

Type of trauma

Blunt

147 (83.5)

73 (83.0)

74 (84.1)

1.000

Penetrate

29 (16.5)

15 (17.0)

14 (15.9)

 

Isolated TBI

 

12 (6.8)

8 (9.1)

4 (4.5)

0.370

Polytrauma

 

69 (39.2)

35 (39.8)

34 (38.6)

1.000

Hypotension

 

20 (11.4)

10 (11.4)

10 (11.4)

1.000

TAC INR > 1.3

 

9 (5.1)

5 (5.7)

4 (4.5)

1.000

ISS category

1–8

62 (35.2)

32 (36.4)

30 (34.1)

0.696

9–15

45 (25.6)

21 (23.9)

24 (27.3)

 

16–24

45 (22.2)

22 (25.0)

17 (19.3)

 

≥ 25

30 (17.0)

13 (14.8)

17 (19.3)

 

ISS

 

10 (4.8, 20)

10 (4.8, 17.3)

10 (4.8, 20)

0.709

RTS

 

7.84 (6.90, 7.84)

7.84 (6.90, 7.84)

7.84 (7.06, 7.84)

0.873

Ps

 

97.7 (92.1, 99.3)

97.7 (92.1, 99.2)

97.6 (91.5, 99.3)

0.781

Lactate

 

2 (1.3, 2.9)

2 (1.4, 3.2)

1.9 (1.3, 2.7)

0.245

BE

 

−0.3 (−2.6, 1.5)

−0.5 (−2.9, 1.1)

0.15 (−2, 1.9)

0.082

Hg

 

13.3 (11.4, 14.6)

13.3 (11.2, 14.7)

13.3 (11.4, 14.3)

0.537

Fbg

 

280 (229, 327)

289 (246, 332)

268 (222, 317)

0.278

APTT

 

26.4 (24.1, 28.7)

26.2 (24.1, 28.6)

26.7 (24.1, 28.9)

0.771

PT-INR

 

1.04 (0.97, 1.12)

1.02 (0.95, 1.12)

1.06 (0.98, 1.12)

0.096

FDP

 

14 (3.9, 47.3)

15.3 (4.3, 37.8)

12.7 (3.9, 67.9)

0.858

D-dimer

 

7.6 (1.5, 25.8)

8.5 (1.5, 23.3)

7.1 (1.6, 35.6)

0.955

Transfusion

RBC

0 (0, 6)

0 (0, 6)

0 (0, 6)

0.909

FFP

0 (0, 6)

0 (0, 4)

0 (0, 6)

0.727

Mortality

In-hospital

9 (5.1)

5 (5.7)

4 (4.5)

1.000

24 h

3 (1.7)

2 (2.3)

1 (1.1)

1.000

RBC ≥ 10 U/24 h

30 (17.0)

15 (17.0)

15 (17.0)

1.000

Time to CT (min)

30 (22, 43)

40 (30, 52)

22 (17, 28)

< 0.001

Time to TAE (min)

81 (81, 100)

77 (56, 98)

81 (78, 91)

0.438

Time to operation (min)

75 (60, 122)

99 (60, 127)

83 (70, 118)

0.842

ED staying (min)

74 (56, 103)

91 (65, 115)

68 (52, 83)

< 0.001

ICU stay (day)

3 (2, 7)

3 (2, 9)

3 (2, 6)

0.401

Hospital stay (day)

17 (5, 39)

17 (5.5, 40)

17 (5, 37)

0.534

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