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Table 2 Vital sign/blood examination between paediatric and adult trauma patients with transcatheter arterial embolisation upon arrival

From: Transcatheter arterial embolisation is efficient and safe for paediatric blunt torso trauma: a case-control study

Variable

All patients

Paediatric patients

Adult patients

P-value

(n = 114)

(n = 15)

(n = 99)

Patients with hypovolemic shock

104 (91)

12 (80)

92 (93)

0.099

 Non-responder

16 (14)

2 (13)

14 (14)

0.933

 Transient-responder

60 (53)

6 (40)

54 (55)

0.293

 Responder

28 (25)

4 (27)

24 (24)

0.839

Vital sigh at hospital arrival

 Systolic blood pressure, mmHg, (median, IQR)

109 (84–136)

122 (107–133)

108 (82–141)

0.209

 Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg, (median, IQR)

66 (50–85)

65 (59–73)

67 (46–87)

0.668

 Heart rate, bpm, (median, IQR)

105 (84–124)

113 (102–121)

103 (81–126)

0.323

 Respiratory rate, /min, (median, IQR)

23 (18–28)

20 (20–27)

23 (17–30)

0.759

 Glasgow Coma Scale, (median, IQR)

13 (7–15)

15 (8–15)

13 (7–14)

0.046

 Body temperature, °C, (median, IQR)

36.4 (35.8–36.8)

37.1 (36.9–37.3)

36.3 (35.8–36.7)

< 0.001

Blood examination at hospital arrival

 Leucocytes, /μL, (median, IQR)

13,010 (8760–17,513)

13,860 (10810–17,230)

12,580 (8720–17,675)

0.431

 Hemoglobin, g/dL, (median, IQR)

11.9 (10.8–13.3)

11.1 (9.4–11.9)

12.2 (10.9–13.5)

0.006

 Platelet, /μL, (median, IQR)

20.8 (17.1–24.4)

19.5 (15.0–26.7)

20.9 (17.2–24.2)

0.988

 Fibrinogen, mg/dL, (median, IQR)

213 (170–264)

166 (140–311)

218 (177–263)

0.416

 Fibrinogen/fibrin degradation products, μg/mL, (median, IQR)

97.5 (26.4–169.1)

48.2 (12.6–225.4)

98.2 (27.4–164.2)

0.729

 D-dimer, μg/mL, (median, IQR)

48.2 (17.6–95.7)

27.0 (6.7–127.2)

53.4 (20.2–94.3)

0.405

 Base excess, mmol/L, (median, IQR)

−3.7 (−6.3– –1.3)

−0.9 (−2.9–0.9)

−4.0 (−6.7– –1.8)

0.001

 Lactate, mg/dL, (median, IQR)

3.5 (2.3–5.6)

2.3 (1.3–3.2)

3.7 (2.5–5.9)

0.004

  1. IQR Interquartile range, RBC red cell concentrate, FFP fresh frozen plasma