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Table 2 Blood transfusion therapy in each study period (2001-3 and 2005-7).

From: Blood product ratio in acute traumatic coagulopathy - effect on mortality in a Scandinavian level 1 trauma centre

  

Study period

2001-3

Study period

2005-7

P-value1

Time to first blood product

min

85 (33-151)

26 (2-72)

< 0.001

RBC 0-6 h

n

4 (2-10)

5 (2-12)

0.280

RBC total

n

5 (2-10)

5 (3-12)

0.355

FFP 0-6 h

n

0 (0-4)

3 (0-10)

< 0.001

FFP total

n

0 (0-4)

3 (0-10)

< 0.001

PLT 0-6 h

n

0 (0-0)

1 (0-4)

< 0.001

PLT total

n

0 (0-0)

1 (0-4)

< 0.001

FFP:RBC 0-6 h

ratio2

0 (0-0.33)

0.56 (0-0.83)

< 0.001

FFP:RBC total

ratio2

0 (0-0.36)

0.60 (0-0.83)

< 0.001

PLT:RBC 0-6 h

ratio2

0 (0-0)

0.17 (0-0.33)

< 0.001

PLT:RBC total

ratio2

0 (0-0)

0.17 (0-0.33)

< 0.001

PLT:FFP 0-6 h

ratio2

0 (0-0.09)

0.40 (0.21-0.43)

< 0.001

PLT:FFP total

ratio2

0 (0-0.14)

0.40 (0.2-0.47)

< 0.001

  1. 1Patients from '2001-3 and 2005-7 were compared by Wilcoxon Rank Sum test. Data are presented as medians (IQR), with p-values in bold for variables with p < 0.05. 2A ratio of 0.56, 0.60, 0.17 and 0.40 corresponds to 1.8, 1.7, 5.9 and 2.5, respectively, RBC per FFP or PLT.
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Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

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