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Table 4 Clinical courses

From: The impact of early administration of vasopressor agents for the resuscitation of severe hemorrhagic shock following blunt trauma

 

Survivors

N = 21

Non-survivors

N = 19

p value

Activation of MTP

21 (100%)

19 (100%)

1.00

Aortic cross-clamping including REBOA

6 (28.6%)

8 (42.1%)

0.51

Infused volume of ECF (mL)

750 (400–900)

800 (450–960)

0.48

Time to intervention (min)

 Surgery

32 (15–43)

38 (18–48)

0.67

 Interventional radiology

62 (54–76)

67 (59–78)

0.79

Total amount of blood transfusion (mL)

8430 (5680–9320)

6540 (4550–7880)

0.03

Vasopressor use

6 (28.6%)

17 (89.5%)

0.0001

Max catecholamine index

2 (0–4)

14 (10–18)

0.008

Vasopressor use < 1 h after admission

2 (9.5%)

9 (47.4%)

0.001

Time to vasopressor termination (h)

12 (4–26)

34 (10–74)

0.026

  1. MTP massive transfusion protocol, REBOA resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta, ECF external cellular fluid
  2. Catecholamine index = [noradrenaline * 100 + dopamine]
  3. Statistical data are presented as median (25–75% IQR) or number