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Table 3 Patients’ characteristics

From: Efficacy of the bleeding risk scoring system for optimal prophylactic anticoagulation therapy of venous thromboembolism in trauma patients: a single-center, retrospective, observational cohort study

 

All patients

BRSS group

non-BRSS group

p-value

 

n = 94

n = 24

n = 70

 

Age, years

43

40

44

0.202

median (IQR)

(28.0–61.0)

(26.0–54.0)

(33.0–66.0)

Sex, n (%)

   

0.322

 Male

61 (64.9)

18 (75.0)

43 (61.4)

 

 Female

33 (35.1)

6 (25.0)

27 (38.6)

 

Weight, kg

69

70.8

67.2

0.276

median (IQR)

(55.3–77.6)

(60.9–79.1)

(54.6–77.3)

APACHE-II score

15

14

15

0.546

median (IQR)

(11.0–21.0)

(11.0–20.0)

(12.0–21.0)

SOFA score

3

3

3

0.672

median (IQR)

(1.0–4.0)

(2.0–3.0)

(1.0–4.0)

ISS

22

18

24.5

0.062

median (IQR)

(13.0–34.0)

(9.0–34.0)

(14.5–34.8)

Major injury site, n (%)

   

0.485

Head and neck

21 (22.3)

7 (29.2)

14 (20.0)

 

Chest

21 (22.3)

6 (25.0)

15 (21.4)

 

Abdomen

2 (2.1)

1 (4.2)

1 (1.4)

 

Limb and pelvis

50 (53.2)

10 (41.7)

40 (57.1)

 

Complicated injuries, n (%)

47 (50.0)

10 (41.7)

37 (52.9)

0.478

Blood transfusion, n (%)

2 (2.1)

0 (0.0)

2 (2.9)

1.000

Mechanical prophylaxis, n (%)

   

0.354

IPC

43 (45.7)

13 (54.2)

30 (42.9)

 

Compression stockings

51 (54.3)

11 (45.8)

40 (57.1)

 

Prophylactic anticoagulation, n (%)

   

0.249

Fondaparinux

55 (58.5)

12 (50.0)

43 (61.4)

 

Heparin calcium

30 (31.9)

11 (45.8)

19 (27.1)

 

Edoxaban

9 (9.6)

1 (4.2)

8 (11.4)

 

aStarted within 48 h, n (%)

17 (18.1)

5 (20.8)

12 (17.1)

0.760

Start day of initial prophylactic anticoagulation from admission

8

4.5

9

0.024

median (IQR)

(3.3–14.0)

(3.0–9.0)

(4.3–15.8)

Laboratory data on pre-prophylactic anticoagulation

    

median (IQR)

 Hb (g/dL)

9.5

10.2

9.4

0.052

(8.6–11.4)

(8.8–12.9)

(8.6–10.8)

 Plt (10^4 /μL)

24.2

22.1

25.9

0.273

(17.8–34.6)

(18.3–26.6)

(17.6–36.4)

 T-Bil (mg/dL)

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.771

(0.6–1.2)

(0.6–1.3)

(0.6–1.2)

 AST (IU/L)

36

33

37

0.585

(26.3–68.8)

(26.8–60.0)

(25.5–72.5)

 ALT (IU/L)

34.5

30.5

35

0.493

(22.0–74.8)

(22.5–57.0)

(22.0–84.3)

 CLcr (mL/min)

143.4

145.9

139.5

0.677

(117.0–164.5)

(123.4–172.5)

(108.9–163.4)

  1. APACHE acute physiology and chronic health evaluation, SOFA sequential organ failure assessment, IPC intermittent pneumatic compression, ISS injury severity score, IQR interquartile range, Hb hemoglobin, Plt platelet, T-Bil total bilirubin, AST aspartate aminotransferase, ALT alanine aminotransferase, CLcr creatinine clearance (simulated Cockcroft-Gault formula)
  2. aprophylactic anticoagulation started within 48 h after admission