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Table 3 Inferior vena cava volumes in investigated outcome categories

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

Outcome

IVC volume, cm3

Yes

IVC volume, cm3

No

p-value

Red blood cell transfusion

30.6 (21.1 to 41.5)

40.1 (32.2 to 49.9)

 < 0.001

Massive transfusion

24.9 (17.3 to 37.67)

38.8 (29.7 to 47.78)

 < 0.001

24-h mortality

21.95 (13.55 to 29.88)

37.3 (27.2 to 47.13)

 < 0.001

30-day mortality

29.6 (20.8 to 40.05)

38.1 (28.8 to 47.85)

 < 0.001

  1. IVC inferior vena cava volume (median (IQR); bold numbers indicate statistical significance (p < 0.05)