Table 1 Characteristics of the patients
| Â | Control group n = 110 | FC group n = 38 | p value |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (year) | 54 (39–71) | 53 (32–72) | 0.565 |
Gender, male | 86 (78.2%) | 20 (52.6%) | 0.005 |
Blunt trauma | 106 (96.4%) | 36 (94.7%) | 0.647 |
Mechanism of the injury | |||
 Traffic accident (in the car) | 29 (26.4%) | 13 (4.2%) | 0.313 |
 Traffic accident (pedestrian) | 29 (26.4%) | 13 (34.2%) | |
 Fall | 39 (35.5%) | 10 (26.3%) | |
 Invert | 6 (5.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
 Stab wound/cutting | 3 (2.7%) | 2 (5.3%) | |
 Others | 4 (3.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
Injury to the admission to ED | |||
 0–30 (min) | 12 (10.9%) | 9 (23.7%) | 0.138 |
 30–60 (min) | 64 (58.2%) | 21 (55.3%) | |
 60–90 (min) | 21 (19.1%) | 3 (7.9%) | |
 90– (min) | 13 (11.8%) | 5 (13.2%) | |
Revised trauma score | 6.72 (5.03–7.84) | 5.68 (4.09–6.08) | < 0.001 |
Probability of survival | 0.842 (0.630–0.943) | 0.567 (0.230–0.832) | < 0.001 |
Vital signs on the admission to ED | |||
 Heart rate (per min) | 86 (72–105) | 110 (86–120) | 0.010 |
 Glasgow Coma Scale | 11 (6–14) | 6 (3–13) | 0.035 |
 Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg) | 120 (99–151) | 93 (68–137) | 0.014 |
 Respiratory rate (per min) | 22 (16–25) | 21 (17–30) | 0.489 |
Injury severity score | 25 (20–32) | 34 (25–41) | < 0.001 |
Abbreviated injury scale | |||
 Head/neck | 4 (1–5) | 4 (0–5) | 0.264 |
 AIS face | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–1) | 0.482 |
 AIS chest | 3 (0–4) | 3 (0–4) | 0.104 |
 AIS abdomen | 0 (0–2) | 0 (0–3) | 0.065 |
 AIS extremity | 1 (0–3) | 2 (0–3) | 0.047 |
 AIS external | 1 (0–1) | 1 (0–1) | 0.082 |
Blood gas analysis | |||
 pH | 7.35 (7.30–7.38) | 7.24 (7.11–7.35) | < 0.001 |
 Base deficit (mmol/L) | 2.5 (0.3–5.4) | 6.95 (2.7–14.63) | < 0.001 |
 Lactate (mmol/L) | 3.2 (2.3–4.7) | 5.8 (3.6–10.0) | < 0.001 |
Laboratory tests | |||
 Platelet (× 103/μL) | 200 (147–235) | 193 (146–234) | 0.632 |
 PT-INR | 1.06 (0.98–1.158) | 1.22 (1.12–1.40) | < 0.001 |
 Fibrinogen (mg/dL) | 193 (159–235) | 156 (137–219) | 0.034 |
 FDP (μg/mL) | 76.4 (30.0–165.0) | 99.5 (45.0–188.0) | 0.349 |
 D-dimer (μg/mL) | 47.8 (19.5–104.2) | 58.3 (28.3–104.9) | 0.633 |