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Table 3 Comparison of baseline characteristics: Nonoperative versus operative management in blunt splenic injury

From: Splenic injury severity, not admission hemodynamics, predicts need for surgery in pediatric blunt splenic trauma

 

Nonoperative management (N = 52)

Operative management (N = 10)

P-value

Age (in years)

12 (8–16)

12 (9–16)

0.765b

Gender (M/F)

38/14

7/3

1.000a

SBP (in mmHg)

117 (110–130)

120 (103–126)

0.898b

Pulse rate (in bpm)

88 (77–111)

110 (79–120)

0.255b

GCS-score

15 (15–15)

15 (6–15)

0.437b

Serum Hb (in mmol/L)

7.5 (6.7–8.1)

7.1 (5.8–7.4)

0.156b

Thrombocyte count (Ă—10^9/L)

227 (181–277)

201 (139–273)

0.225b

Coagulopathy

14

8

0.062a

AIS-score spleen

3 (2–4)

4 (4–5)

0.001b

ISS

16 (9–18)

36 (23–45)

0.001b

  1. aFisher’s Exact Test; bMann Whitney U test. Abbreviations: SBP +++systolic blood pressure+++, bpm +++beats per minute+++ GCS Glasgow Coma Score, Hb Hemoglobin, Ht Hematocrit, ISS Injury Severity Score, AIS Abbreviated Injury Score. Bold parameters were selected for multivariable analysis (as P-value < 0.05)
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