Skip to main content

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study patients

From: Prediction of arterial extravasation in pelvic fracture patients with stable hemodynamics using coagulation biomarkers

Variables

Extravasation (+)

n = 35

Extravasation (−)

n = 25

p value

Age, yearsa

73 (61–82)

63 (42–70)

0.097

Gender (male), n (%)b

18 (51.4)

20 (80.0)

0.031

Use of anticoagulation, antiplatelet drugs, n (%)

5 (14.3)

0 (0.0)

0.048

Trauma mechanism, n (%)b

0.105

 Motor vehicle

27 (77.1)

12 (48.0)

 Fall

7 (20.0)

10 (40.0)

 Sport

0 (0.0)

1 (4.0)

 Others

1 (2.9)

2 (8.0)

Vital signs at ED

 GCSa

14 (13–15)

15 (14–15)

0.033

 sBP, mmHga

124 (109–133)

130 (112–161)

0.205

 HR, bpma

81 (71–94)

76 (68–88)

0.304

 RR, bpma

21 (17–24)

18 (14–20)

0.270

Blood Test

 Hemoglobin level, g/dLa

11.7 (10.2–13.5)

12.9 (11.8–14.3)

0.078

 Lactate level, mmol/La

2.25 (1.58–2.86)

2.02 (1.40–2.70)

0.486

 FDP, μg/mLa

242 (145–355)

96 (58–153)

< 0.001

 D-dimer, μg/mLa

81 (41–140)

39 (21–75)

0.006

 Fibrinogen, mg/dLa

225 (167–295)

229 (198–266)

0.931

 PT–INRa

1.09 (1.05–1.24)

1.02 (0.98–1.08)

0.003

 Ratio of FDP to fibrinogena

1.06 (0.85–2.01)

0.46 (0.25–0.74)

< 0.001

AIS for each region

 Head (n = 26)a

3 (3–4)

3 (2–4)

0.024

 Chest (n = 25)a

3 (3–4)

3 (3–4)

0.023

 Abdomen (n = 12)a

3 (2–4)

3 (3–4)

0.540

 Extremities and the pelvis (n = 60)a

4 (4–5)

3 (3–4)

< 0.001

ISSa

32 (25–44)

14 (9–27)

< 0.001

Patterns of pelvic fractureb

Young and Burgess

  

0.021

 LC1, n (%)

0 (0.0)

4 (16.0)

 LC2, n (%)

12 (34.3)

9 (36.0)

 LC3, n (%)

16 (45.7)

4 (16.0)

 APC1, n (%)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 APC2, n (%)

1 (2.9)

0 (0.0)

 APC3, n (%)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 VS, n (%)

6 (17.1)

8 (32.0)

WSES classification

  

0.011

 1, n (%)

0 (0.0)

4 (16.0)

 2, n (%)

29 (82.9)

13 (52.0)

 3, n (%)

6 (17.1)

8 (32.0)

Diagnostic procedure

 Angiography for the pelvis, n (%)b

33 (94.3)

7 (28.0)

< 0.001

Treatment for pelvic fracture

 TAE, n (%)b

33 (94.3)

4 (16.0)

< 0.001

 External fixation, n (%)b

2 (6.1)

1 (5.0)

1.000

 Preperitoneal packing, n (%)b

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

N.A

 Amount of blood transfusion within 24 h, unitsa

4 (0–14)

0 (0–0)

0.002

Time course

 Door to CT time, min

22 (17–32)

23 (19–32)

0.722

 Door to angiography time, min

92 (81–116)

71 (53–92)

0.059

Mortality

 24-h mortality, n (%)b

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1.000

 30-day mortality, n (%)b

4 (11.4)

0 (0.0)

0.216

  1. aMann–Whitney U test
  2. bχ2 test or Fisher’s exact test
  3. ED emergency department, GCS Glasgow Coma Scale, sBP systolic blood pressure, HR heart rate, RR respiratory rate, FDP fibrin degradation products, PT–INR prothrombin time–international normalized ratio, WSES World Society of Emergency Surgery, AIS abbreviated injury scale, TAE transcatheter arterial embolization, ISS injury severity score, N.A not applicable