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Table 3 Blood transfusion comparison in paediatric and adult trauma patients with transcatheter arterial embolisation

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)

Blood transfusion during primary trauma care, n (%)

94 (83)

10 (67)

84 (85)

0.084

 RBC

89 (78)

10 (67)

79 (80)

0.252

 FFP

91 ((80)

10 (67)

81 (82)

0.173

 Platelets

30 (26)

1 (7)

29 (29)

0.051

Time interval from hospital arrival to beginning of blood tranfusion, minutes, (median, IQR)

 RBC

40 (23–78)

56 (34–78)

40 (22–77)

0.441

  FFP

84 (56–111)

91 (47–113)

84 (57–111)

0.874

  Platelets

143 (115–160)

78 (78–78)

145 (119–161)

0.067

Dosage of blood transfusion, International Units per body weight, (median, IQR)

 RBC

0.1 (0.03–0.2)

0.10 (0–0.2)

0.1 (0.04–0.2)

0.919

 FFP

0.2 (0.04–0.2)

0.1 (0–0.2)

0.2 (0.1–0.2)

0.488

 Platelets

0 (0–0)

0 (0–0)

0 (0–0.2)

0.133

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