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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study cohort

From: Prognostic significance of inferior vena cava volume defined by initial polytrauma CT-imaging: single-center experience of a level-1 trauma center

Parameter

All patients (n = 438)

Age, years; median (IQR)

50 (31 to 64)

Male sex; n (%)

330 (75.3)

BMI, kg/m2; median (IQR)

25 (23 to 28)

ASA ≥ III, n (%)

82 (18.7)

ISS; median (IQR)

26 (20 to 41)

GCS ≤ 8 points; n (%)

281 (64.2)

SBP ≤ 90 mmHg; n (%)

117 (26.7)

IVC volume, cm3; median (IQR)

36.25 (25.63 to 46.53)

RBC transfusion, n (%)

197 (45)

Massive transfusion, n (%)

90 (20.5)

24-h mortality; n (%)

32 (7.3)

30-day mortality; n (%)

99 (22.6)

  1. IQR interquartile range, BMI body mass index, ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists classification, ISS injury severity score, GCS Glasgow coma scale, SBP systolic blood pressure, IVC inferior vena cava, RBC red blood cell unit