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Table 2 Incidence of thromboembolic events (TE), venous TE and arterial TE among patients with additional lower extremity trauma defined by AIS

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

 

Without lower extremity trauma* (n = 5732)

Additional AISLower Extremity 2 (n = 1812)

Additional AISLower Extremity ≥ 3 (n = 2795)

p value

TE

226 (3.9%)

105 (5.5%)

190 (6.4%)

< 0.001

Venous TE

131 (2.3%)

73 (3.8%)

118 (4.0%)

< 0.001

Arterial TE

61 (1.1%)

17 (0.9%)

29 (1.0%)

0.559

  1. AIS Abbreviated Injury Scale
  2. p value indicating difference in TE between patients without and additional lower extremity trauma (AISLower Extremity ≥ 2)
  3. *AIS 0 or 1