Table 1

Patients’ data collected in this study

DemographicsAge
Sex
Mechanism of injuryDriver of motor vehicle
Motorcycle
Bicycle
Pedestrian
Fall
Tumble (fall on the ground)
Others
Vital signs on arrival and at the decision of bleeding controlRespiratory rate
SpO2
Systolic blood pressure
Heart rate
Glasgow Coma Scale
Body temperature
Medical historyCharlson Comorbidity Index17
Trauma severityAbbreviated Injury Scale
Injury Severity Score
Blood examinationHaemoglobin (g/dL)
Haematocrit (%)
Platelet (109/L)
PT-INR
APTT (s)
Fibrinogen (mg/dL)
FDP (µg/mL)
D-dimer (µg/mL)
pH
PaO2
PaCO2
BE (mEq/L)
Lactate (mmol/L)
Diagnostic imagingFAST (positive or negative)
Chest X-ray (chest injury requiring bleeding control)
Pelvis X-ray (pelvic fracture requiring bleeding control)
The time course of trauma careInjury
Arrival
Thoracoabdominal CT
Decision of haemostasis (baseline)
Arterial access placed
Decision of REBOA
Inflation of REBOA
Deflation of REBOA
Decision of transfusion
Start of definitive haemostasis
ICU admission
The site of haemostasisChest, abdomen, pelvis, retroperitoneum
Haemostasis methodSurgery or interventional radiology
Blood transfusion requirement within the first 24 hoursPacked red blood cell
Fresh frozen plasma
Platelet
Other blood products
Arterial access informationLocation
Anatomical site (R/L, femoral/brachial)
Puncture method (blind, US guided, cut-down)
Sheath size
Initial aortic occlusion methodResuscitative thoracotomy, REBOA, none
Hospital courseDays on mechanical ventilation
ICU discharge
In-hospital mortality
Cause of death
ComplicationsDevice-related complications
Access-related complications
Systemic complications
  • APTT, activated partial thromboplastin time; BE, base excess; FAST, focused assessment with sonography for trauma; FDP, Fibrin and fibrinogen degradation product; ICU, intensive care unit; PaCO2, partial pressure of carbon dioxide; PaO2, arterial oxygen pressure; PT-INR, prothrombin time-international normalized ratio; REBOA, resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta; SpO2, Saturation of Peripheral Oxygen; US, ultrasound.