Table 3 Questionnaire results regarding the value of prehospital assessment of international normalized ratio (INR)
From: Point of care coagulometry in prehospital emergency care: an observational study
Tracer diagnosis | Questionnaire (1) | Questionnaire (2) | Questionnaire (3) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Value of INR assessment in treatment of patient | Disagreement of clinical vs. POC assessment of coagulopathy | Consideration of prehospital administration of prothrombin complex concentrate | ||||
No | Low | Medium | High | |||
Cardiovascular (n=39) | 16 (41 %) | 16 (41 %) | 5 (13 %) | 2 (5 %) | 1 (3 %) | 0 |
Trauma (n=19) | 4 (21 %) | 8 (42 %) | 5 (26 %) | 2 (11 %) | 1 (6 %) | 0 |
Neurology (n=16) | 3 (19 %) | 3 (19 %) | 7 (44 %) | 3 (19 %) | 3 (19 %) | 0 |
Respiratory (n=9) | 3 (33 %) | 3 (33 %) | 2 (22 %) | 1 (11 %) | 2 (22 %) | 0 |
Other (n=20) | 13 (65 %) | 3 (15 %) | 3 (15 %) | 1 (5 %) | 0 (0 %) | 1 |
All (n=103) | 39 (38 %) | 33 (32 %) | 22 (21 %) | 9 (9 %) | 7 (7 %) | 1 |