Table 4. Cause of death by treatment... | American Society of Hematology

Table 4.

Cause of death by treatment group

	First 24 hours			30 days
	Platelets (n = 137)	No platelets (n = 124)	P*	Platelets (n = 137)	No platelets (n = 124)	P*
Total number of deaths	8	21		13	25
Cause of death, n (%)†
Exsanguination	2 (1.5)	16 (12.9)	<.01	2 (1.5)	16 (12.9)	<.01
Traumatic brain injury	4 (2.9)	5 (4.0)	.63	8 (5.8)	9 (7.3)	.64
Respiratory, pulmonary contusion, or tension pneumothorax	0 (0)	0 (0)	—	1 (0.7)	0 (0)	.32
Multiple organ failure	0 (0)	0 (0)	—	0 (0)	1 (0.8)	.32
Myocardial infarction	1 (0.7)	1 (0.8)	.94	1 (0.7)	1 (0.8)	.94
Pulmonary embolism	0 (0)	1 (0.8)	.32	0 (0)	1 (0.8)	.32

	First 24 hours			30 days
	Platelets (n = 137)	No platelets (n = 124)	P*	Platelets (n = 137)	No platelets (n = 124)	P*
Total number of deaths	8	21		13	25
Cause of death, n (%)†
Exsanguination	2 (1.5)	16 (12.9)	<.01	2 (1.5)	16 (12.9)	<.01
Traumatic brain injury	4 (2.9)	5 (4.0)	.63	8 (5.8)	9 (7.3)	.64
Respiratory, pulmonary contusion, or tension pneumothorax	0 (0)	0 (0)	—	1 (0.7)	0 (0)	.32
Multiple organ failure	0 (0)	0 (0)	—	0 (0)	1 (0.8)	.32
Myocardial infarction	1 (0.7)	1 (0.8)	.94	1 (0.7)	1 (0.8)	.94
Pulmonary embolism	0 (0)	1 (0.8)	.32	0 (0)	1 (0.8)	.32

P value was based on the Wald test for comparing 2 proportions.

Patients may have had >1 cause of death.