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Table 1 Demographics of patients with (TE) and without TE (Non-TE)

From: Thromboembolic complications among multiple injured patients with pelvic injuries: identifying risk factors for possible patient-tailored prophylaxis

 

Non-TE

n = 10,113 (95.1%)

TE

n = 521 (4.9%)

p value

Age (years; mean ± S.D.)

48 ± 19

53 ± 19

 < 0.001*

Age ≥ 60 years, n (%)

2892 (28.6%)

203 (39.0%)

 < 0.001*

Male sex, n (%)

6784 (67.1%)

371 (71.2%)

0.056

Concomitant diseases (ASA 3/4), n (%)

1052 (11.8%)

78 (17.5%)

0.001*

Blunt mechanism, n (%)

9556 (98.4%)

496 (98.4%)

0.95

Accident mechanism

   

Car, n (%)

2676 (26.8%)

135 (26.0%)

0.71

Motorcycle, n (%)

1568 (15.7%)

91 (17.5%)

0.26

Bike, n (%)

522 (5.2%)

29 (5.6%)

0.71

Pedestrian, n (%)

1054 (10.5%)

59 (11.4%)

0.55

Fall from height (> 3 m), n (%)

2800 (28.0%)

141 (27.2%)

0.68

Low energy fall, n (%)

610 (6.1%)

24 (4.6%)

0.17

ISS (points; mean ± S.D.)

28 ± 10

32 ± 12

 < 0.001*

AIS Head ≤ 3, n (%)

1801 (17.8%)

101 (19.4%)

0.36

AIS Thorax ≥ 3, n (%)

6318 (62.5%)

353 (67.8%)

0.015*

AIS Abdomen ≥ 3, n (%)

2390 (23.6%)

189 (36.3%)

 < 0.001*

AIS Spine ≥ 3, n (%)

1241 (12.3%)

87 (16.7%)

0.003*

AIS Pelvis ≥ 3, n (%)

6007 (69.3%)

375 (72.0%)

0.19

AIS Extremities ≥ 3, n (%)

8137 (80.5%)

432 (82.9%)

0.17

Legs injured (AIS ≥ 2)

4607 (45.6%)

295 (56.6%)

 < 0.001*

Shock (BP ≤ 90 mmHg)

   

Prehospital, n (%)

1464 (16.3%)

107 (24.0%)

 < 0.001*

ER, n (%)

1587 (16.6%)

133 (27.5%)

 < 0.001*

Organ failure, n (%)

4088 (43.2%)

331 (66.3%)

 < 0.001*

Multi organ failure, n (%)

2405 (25.4%)

242 (48.4%)

 < 0.001*

OF respiratory, n (%)

1775 (18.8%)

180 (36.1%)

 < 0.001*

OF coagulation, n (%)

1693 (17.9%)

168 (33.7%)

 < 0.001*

Sepsis, n (%)

812 (8.7%)

127 (26.0%)

 < 0.001*

Number of operative procedures, mean, S.D

4.5 ± 5.8

8.0 ± 9.8

 < 0.001*

Transfusion (y/n), n (%)

2408 (23.8%)

210 (40.3%)

 < 0.001*

PRBC (n; mean ± S.D.)

1.4 ± 3.9

3.4 ± 7.9

 < 0.001*

Infused volume prehospital (ml; mean ± S.D.)

943 ± 679

1046 ± 777

0.013*

Infused volume ER (ml; mean ± S.D.)

1729 ± 2000

2609 ± 2757

 < 0.001*

Mechanical ventilation (days; mean ± S.D.)

5.1 ± 9.8

11.2 ± 15.4

 < 0.001*

ICU LOS (days; mean ± S.D.)

11 ± 14

21 ± 23

 < 0.001*

Overall hospital LOS (days; mean ± S.D.)

29 ± 22

42 ± 33

 < 0.001*

In-hospital mortality, n (%)

486 (4.8%)

89 (17.1%)

 < 0.001*

  1. S.D. standard deviation, ASA Classification of American Society of Anesthesiologists, ISS Injury Severity Score, AIS Abbreviated Injury Scale, BP blood pressure, OF organ failure, PRBC packed red blood cells, ER emergency room, LOS length of stay