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Table 2 Physiologic characteristics of the patient groups

From: Is I-FABP not only a marker for the detection abdominal injury but also of hemorrhagic shock in severely injured trauma patients?

Physiologic characteristics

noHS noAbd (n = 16)

HS noAbd

(n = 8)

HS Abd

(n = 18)

p value all groups

p value

(HS noAbd vs. HS Abd.)

I-FABP (pg/ml, ER)

844.4 (530.0–1432.9)

7292.3 (1282.5–11,159.5)

28,637.0 (6372.4–55,550.0)

< 0.0001

0.02

SBP (mm Hg, pre-hospital)

130 (95–151)

115 (88–129)

70 (68–90)

0.0004

0.02

SBP (mm Hg, ER)

105 (86–120)

100 (78–113)

71 (61–106)

0.11

0.40

heart rate (n/min, prehospital)

91 (80–110)

120 (110–121)

116 (100–130)

0.05

0.73

heart rate (n/min, ER)

101 (90–110)

115 (101–123)

120 (88–132)

0.29

0.98

shock index (prehospital)

0.7 (0.5–1.0)

1.0 (0.9–1.4)

1.4 (1.3–1.8)

0.0002

0.05

shock index (ER)

1.0 (0.8–1.3)

1.2 (1.0–1.4)

1.4 (1.1–2.0)

0.09

0.39

Fluid transfusion (ml, pre-hospital)

1000 (650–1000)

1250 (500–1750)

1500 (1000–1500)

0.28

0.88

Fluid transfusion (ml, ER)

1000 (775–2250)

3000 (1937.5–6375)

2000 (1500–2500)

0.02

0.08

PRBC transfusion within 24 h (Units)

2 (1–5.5)

11.5 (10.8–22.5)

19 (13–27.8)

< 0.0001

0.18

PRBC transfusion total (Units)

6 (3.5–12.5)

19.5 (15.5–32.3)

25.5 (18–37.5)

< 0.0001

0.44

FFP transfusion within 24 h (Units)

0 (0–3)

10 (5.8–17)

15.5 (11.3–19)

< 0.0001

0.19

FFP transfusion total (Units)

0 (9–3)

10 (5.8–19)

17.5 (11.5–21.3

< 0.0001

0.16

Hemoglobin (g/dl, ER)

11.9 (11.4–13.5)

6.6 (5.2–8.0)

7.1 (5.7–8.4)

< 0.0001

0.49

PTT (s, ER)

28 (24.5–30)

48 (38–51.5)

38 (29–45)

0.002

0.1

INR (ER)

1.1 (1–1.3)

1.3 (1.2–1.8)

1.3 (1.1–1.5)

0.06

0.32

Fibrinogen (mg/dl, ER)

190.5 (153–242.5)

142 (116.3–176)

186.5 (134–227.5)

0.24

0.23

PLT count (× 103/μl, ER)

186.5 (155.8–256.8)

94 (51.3–137.8)

178.5 (113.3–206.8)

0.03

0.03

Hemostatic therapy (done, n, %)

8 (50%)

8 (100%)

18 (100%)

0.0003

1.0

Leukocyte count (U/nl)

10.8 (9.5–13.5)

9.9 (8.8–11)

8.6 (6.7–10.8)

0.14

0.47

Lactate (mmol/l, ER)

2.4 (1.9–3.9)

7.4 (6.4–10.6)

8.5 (6.7–9.2)

< 0.0001

0.98

pH value

7.3 (7.2–7.4)

7.4 (7.1–7.4)

7.2 (7.1–7.2)

0.03

0.26

Base deficit (mmol/l, ER)

− 5.1 (−7.1–− 3.2)

− 7.2 (− 11.8–− 1.9)

− 10.1 (− 11.7–− 6.3)

0.11

0.45

Temperature (°C, ER)

36 (35.3–36.5)

37 (35.9–37.5)

36.1 (35.4–36.6)

0.28

0.13

  1. Values are reported as median (interquartile range, IQR)
  2. ER, emergency room; FFP, fresh frozen plasma; HS Abd, hemorrhagic shock with abdominal injury; HS noAbd, hemorrhagic shock without abdominal injury; I-FABP, intestinal fatty acid-binding protein; INR, international normalized ratio; noHS noAbd, no hemorrhagic shock and no abdominal injury; PLT, platelets; PRBC, packed red blood cells; PTT, partial thromboplastin time; SBP, systolic blood pressure