Evaluation of the Potential for Improvement of Clinical Outcomes in Trauma Patients with Massive Hemorrhage by Maintaining a High Plasma-to-Red Blood Cell Ratio during the First Hour of Hospitalization
Table 2
General characteristics of the propensity score-matched patients (n = 102).
NPMT-matched control (n = 51)
MTP (n = 51)
Age (years, mean)
45
45
0.913
Male (n (%))
39 (76.5)
35 (68.6)
0.375
Glasgow coma scale score (mean)
9.5
9.7
0.353
Systolic blood pressure (N (51/51))
Mean (mmHg)
69
74
0.523
No. (%) with ≤90 mmHg
34 (66.7)
30 (58.8)
0.413
Diastolic blood pressure (N (51/51))
Mean (mmHg)
41
49
0.275
Heart rate (N (37/47))
Mean (beats/min)
105
108
0.538
n (%) with ≥120 beats/min
10 (27.0)
12 (25.5)
0.878
Assessment of blood consumption score (N (32/43))
No. of ≥2 (%)
12 (37.5)
13 (30.2)
0.509
Focused assessment with sonography in trauma (N (40/45))
n (%) with positive of ≥2
14 (35.0)
12 (26.7)
0.405
Mechanism of injury (n)
0.727
Blunt injury
46
47
Penetrating injury
5
4
Hemoglobin level
Mean (g/dL)
10.8
11.6
0.143
International normalized ratio
Mean
1.5
1.6
0.593
Lactic acid
Mean (mmol/L)
7.3
6.9
0.647
Base excess
Mean (mmol/L)
−11.4
−9.9
0.256
Injury severity score
Mean
35.1
37.1
0.548
AIS head
Mean
3.78
3.52
0.489
AIS face
Mean
1.67
2.00
0.228
AIS chest
Mean
3.58
3.38
0.364
AIS abdomen
Mean
3.16
3.09
0.781
AIS extremity
Mean
3.06
3.67
0.035
AIS external
Mean
1.14
1.08
0.655
Pre-hospital time
Mean
33.4
35.3
0.490
AIS: abbreviated injury scale; NPMT: nonprotocolised massive transfusion; MTP: massive transfusion protocol. P values less than 0.05 were indicated in bold.
