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Table 2 Outcomes and blood transfusion between patients with and without coagulopathy

From: Early coagulopathy after pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial

Variables

Total

(n = 227)

No coagulopathy

(n = 122)

Coagulopathy

(n = 105)

P Value

Outcomes

28-day death

142 (63)

59 (48)

83 (79)

< 0.001

 Causes of 28-day death (n = 142)

   

0.602

  Cardiovascular failure/futility

15 (11)

3 (5)

12 (14)

 

  Neurologic brain death declared

59 (42)

26 (44)

33 (40)

 

  Respiratory failure/futility

4 (3)

2 (3)

2 (2)

 

  Withdrawal for poor neurologic prognosis

57 (40)

24 (41)

33 (40)

 

  Withdrawal for other system failure

2 (1)

1 (2)

1 (1)

 

  Other

2 (1)

1 (2)

1 (1)

 

  Unknown

3 (2)

2 (3)

1 (1)

 

POPC at hospital discharge

   

< 0.001

 Good

13 (6)

12 (10)

1 (1)

 

 Mild Disability

15 (7)

10 (8)

5 (5)

 

 Moderate Disability

7 (3)

6 (5)

1 (1)

 

 Severe Disability

26 (11)

17 (14)

9 (9)

 

 Coma or vegetative state

25 (11)

18 (15)

7 (7)

 

 Death

141 (62)

59 (48)

82 (78)

 

PCPC at hospital discharge

   

< 0.001

 Normal

19 (8)

15 (12)

4 (4)

 

 Mild Disability

11 (5)

9 (7)

2 (2)

 

 Moderate Disability

5 (2)

4 (3)

1 (1)

 

 Severe Disability

26 (11)

17 (14)

9 (9)

 

 Coma or vegetative state

25 (11)

18 (15)

7 (7)

 

 Death

141 (62)

59 (48)

82 (78)

 

Hospital length of stay

7 (3, 21)

8 (4, 28)

5 (2, 12)

< 0.001

1-year death

146 (64)

61 (50)

85 (81)

< 0.001

Alive with VABS-II score ≥ 70 at 1-year

32 (15)

26 (23)

6 (6)

< 0.001

VABS status at 1-year (n = 217)

   

< 0.001

 Death

146 (67)

61 (54)

85 (83)

 

 Profound disability (VABS-II < 45)

26 (12)

18 (16)

8 (8)

 

 Moderate to severe disability (VABS-II 45–69)

13 (6)

9 (8)

4 (4)

 

 Good functional status (VABS-II ≥ 70)

32 (15)

26 (23)

6 (6)

 

Blood transfusion

    

 Any blood product use

119 (53)

46 (38)

73 (70)

< 0.001

 Cryoprecipitate use

17 (8)

1 (1)

16 (15)

< 0.001

 FFP use

66 (29)

15 (12)

51 (49)

< 0.001

 Packed RBC

92 (41)

38 (31)

54 (52)

0.003

 Platelet use

22 (10)

6 (5)

16 (15)

0.016

  1. Data are median (interquartile range) or no. (%)
  2. FFP Fresh frozen plasma, PCPC Pediatric Cerebral Performance Category, POPC Pediatric Overall Performance Category, RBC red blood cell, VABS-II Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, second edition