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Table 2 Overall coagulopathy and mortality among trauma patients

From: Acute traumatic coagulopathy among major trauma patients in an urban tertiary hospital in sub Saharan Africa

Category

ATC

Non ATC

p value

 

N (%)

N (%)

 

Patients (n)

99

83

-

Mortality

29

9

0.002

Survived

70

74

-

IRR

2.70(1.28-5.71)

-

0.001

PT Elevated

82 (45)

-

-

PT Normal

100 (55)

-

-

A PTT Elevated

67 (37)

-

-

A PTT Normal

115 (63)

-

-

Time delay

Died

Survived

 

n (%)

n (%)

1–6 h

38 (100)

130(91)

0.156

7-12h

0

10(7)

 

13-24h

0

3(2)

 

OR (CI)

1-6h

1.2 (0.9-1.7)

 

0.236

7-12h

1.5 (0.4-5.3)

  

13-24h

0

  
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