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Table 1 Characteristics of non-operatively managed patients compared by success or failure of non-operative management

From: The song remains the same although the instruments are changing: complications following selective non-operative management of blunt spleen trauma: a retrospective review of patients at a level I trauma centre from 1996 to 2007

Variable

Failure of NOM N = 53 (14) n (%)

Successful NOMN = 335 (86) n (%)

Sex

  

Male

39 (74)

239 (71)

Female

14 (26)

96 (29)

Time from injury to hospital arrival (hours)

  

Less than 1 hour

20 (38)

85 (25)

1 to 4 hours

13 (25)

116 (35)

4 to 24 hours

11 (21)

98 (29)

More than 24 hours

3 (6)

9 (3)

Not documented

6 (11)

27 (8)

Received pRBCs g in the first 4 hours

  

Yes

22(42)

43(13)

No

30(56)

286(85)

Not documented

1 (2)

6 (2)

Received pRBCs g during hospital admission

  

Yes

40(75)

109(33)

No

13(25)

226(67)

Died during hospital admission

3(7)

11 (3)

Median age (years) (IQR b )

38 (25-52)

34 (23-49)

Median Injury Severity Score (IQR b )

29 (20-42)

24 (17-29)

Mean systolic BP e (mmHg) on hospital arrival (SD d )

114 (25)

130 (23)

Median first recorded hemoglobin (g/L) prior to arrival or in the ED f (IQR b )

123 (109-138)

135 (120-149)

Lowest documented hemoglobin (g/L) during admission (IQR b )

73 (66-90.50)

92 (76-113)

Median volume of crystalloid in first 4 hours (ml) (IQRb)

1950 (950-3675)

1225 (500 - 2403)

Median hospital length of stay (days)

17 (8-33)

9 (6-16)

Patients discharged alive (IQRb)

17 (8-33)

9 (9-16)

Patients who died during admission (IQRb)

16 (4-19)

2 (0-16)

  1. a NOM = non-operative management
  2. b IQR = interquartile range (25th-75th percentile)
  3. d SD = Standard deviation
  4. e BP = Blood Pressure
  5. f ED = Emergency Department
  6. g PRBC = packed red blood cells