The PRospective Observational Multicenter Major Trauma Transfusion (PROMMTT) study

John B. Holcomb, Erin E. Fox, Charles E. Wade
2013 Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery  
Objective: To relate in-hospital mortality to early transfusion of plasma and/or platelets and to time-varying plasma:red blood cell (RBC) and platelet:RBC ratios. Design: Prospective cohort study documenting the timing of transfusions during active resuscitation and patient outcomes. Data were analyzed using timedependent proportional hazards models. Setting: Ten US level I trauma centers. Patients: Adult trauma patients surviving for 30 minutes after admission who received a transfusion of at
more » ... least 1 unit of RBCs within 6 hours of admission (n=1245, the original study group) and at least 3 total units (of RBCs, plasma, or platelets) within 24 hours (n=905, the analysis group). Main Outcome Measure: In-hospital mortality. Results: Plasma:RBC and platelet:RBC ratios were not constant during the first 24 hours (P Ͻ.001 for both). In a multivariable time-dependent Cox model, increased ratios of plasma:RBCs (adjusted hazard ratio = 0.31; 95% CI, 0.16-0.58) and platelets:RBCs (adjusted hazard ratio = 0.55; 95% CI, 0.31-0.98) were independently associated with decreased 6-hour mortality, when hemorrhagic death predominated. In the first 6 hours, patients with ratios less than 1:2 were 3 to 4 times more likely to die than patients with ratios of 1:1 or higher. After 24 hours, plasma and platelet ratios were unassociated with mortality, when competing risks from nonhemorrhagic causes prevailed. Conclusions: Higher plasma and platelet ratios early in resuscitation were associated with decreased mortality in patients who received transfusions of at least 3 units of blood products during the first 24 hours after admission. Among survivors at 24 hours, the subsequent risk of death by day 30 was not associated with plasma or platelet ratios.
doi:10.1097/ta.0b013e3182983876 pmid:23778505 fatcat:ssw3kexqtvhqbkwur6z5bxydei