Table 3 Associated injuries, ISS, and blood transfusion in liver injury grades
From: Blunt liver trauma: a descriptive analysis from a level I trauma center
Grade I (n = 74) | Grade II (n = 115) | Grade III (n = 49) | Grade IV-V (n = 19) | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Associated injuries | |||||
Head | 37 (50.0%) | 50 (43.5%) | 1 (2.0%) | 1 (5.3%) | 0.001 |
Chest | 37 (50.0%) | 60 (52.2%) | 22 (44.9%) | 12 (63.2%) | 0.45 |
Pelvis | 7 (9.5%) | 26 (22.6%) | 9 (18.4%) | 5 (26.3%) | 0.15 |
Injury severity score ≥ 16 | 43 (58.1%) | 51 (44.3%) | 27 (55.1%) | – | 0.74 |
Glasgow coma scale ≤8 | 18 (24.3%) | 24 (20.9%) | 5 (10.2%) | 1 (5.3%) | 0.16 |
Blood transfusion | 19 (25.7%) | 32 (27.8%) | 9 (18.4%) | 10 (52.6%) | 0.04 |
Hospital mortality | 9 (12.2%) | 9 (7.8%) | 2 (4.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0.35 |