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Table 2 Comparison of clinical parameters and outcomes between patients with a simple or complicated pelvic ring fracture

From: Pelvic injury prognosis is more closely related to vascular injury severity than anatomical fracture complexity: the WSES classification for pelvic trauma makes sense

 

All patients (n = 155)

Patients with ISS ≥ 16 (n = 86)

Simple PF

Complicated PF

p

Simple PF

Complicated PF

p

No. of patients

79

76

 

34

52

 

Age (years)

46.1 ± 22.5

43.2 ± 20.3

0.403

45.6 ± 25.3

43.2 ± 21.3

0.639

SBP (mmHg)

127.8 ± 25.6

123.4 ± 30.2

0.323

123.2 ± 22.4

120.8 ± 33.0

0.683

HR (bpm)

92.7 ± 18.4

93.8 ± 17.3

0.701

95.7 ± 21.7

95.6 ± 18.7

0.983

ISS

12.8 ± 4.7

15.2 ± 4.8

0.002*

17.4 ± 2.5

17.9 ± 3.2

0.484

RTS

7.73 ± 0.45

7.71 ± 0.35

0.846

7.71 ± 0.48

7.66 ± 0.41

0.601

TRISS

0.97 ± 0.04

0.97 ± 0.02

0.918

0.95 ± 0.05

0.96 ± 0.02

0.424

ICU LOS (days)

1.15 ± 4.3

1.57 ± 3.4

0.512

1.24 ± 2.04

1.92 ± 3.50

0.304

Hospital LOS (days)

10.27 ± 9.2

13.6 ± 10.1

0.034*

12.0 ± 8.5

14.4 ± 11.7

0.310

Transfusion (unit)

 ER pRBC

0.63 ± 2.3

0.83 ± 1.9

0.567

0.94 ± 2.7

1.15 ± 2.2

0.696

 ER FFP

0.45 ± 1.8

0.81 ± 2.4

0.295

0.64 ± 1.8

1.15 ± 2.8

0.362

 ER PLT

0.30 ± 1.9

0.31 ± 1.9

0.969

0.35 ± 2.0

0.46 ± 2.3

0.826

 Total pRBC

4.41 ± 14.5

6.0 ± 7.3

0.396

4.73 ± 8.6

7.38 ± 8.3

0.153

 Total FFP

2.83 ± 11.9

3.67 ± 7.5

0.605

3.29 ± 10.4

4.71 ± 8.5

0.493

 Total PLT

3.34 ± 14.5

3.16 ± 10.9

0.929

4.94 ± 14.8

4.38 ± 13.0

0.855

  1. SBP systolic blood pressure, HR heart rate, bpm beats per minute, ISS injury severity score, RTS revised trauma score, TRISS trauma injury severity score, LOS length of stay, ER pRBC/FFP/PLT units of packed red blood cells/fresh-frozen plasma/platelets transfused in the emergency room; Total pRBC/FFP/PLT units of packed red blood cells/fresh-frozen plasma/platelets transfused throughout hospitalization. *p < 0.05 with statistical significance