Table 1 Results of treatment for spontaneous bleeding in patients with and without extravasation on CT (n = 227).

From: Comparison of management options for spontaneous bleeding into soft tissues in patients with COVID-19

Parameters

No extravasation (n = 98)

With extravasation (n = 129)

Total

p-value

Sex (M/F), n (%)

26 (27)/72

(73)

16 (12)/113 (88)

42 (19)/185

(81)

0.011

Age (year), M (SD)

70.2 (11.0)

72.9 (11.3)

71.7 (11.2)

0.066

BMI, M (SD)

30 (6.8)

30 (6.7)

30 (6.7)

0.991

Time from the start of anticoagulant therapy to hematoma detection (days), M (SD)

10.1 (7.9)

10.0 (5.3)

10.1 (6.5)

0.933

Time from COVID-19 onset to hematoma

detection (days), M (SD)

16.0 (8.4)

15.4 (5.8)

15.7 (7.1)

0.501

Anticoagulant therapy

    

Anticoagulant therapy

Unfractionated heparin, n (%)

15 (15)

19 (15)

34 (15)

 > 0.999

Low molecular weight heparin, n (%)

85 (87)

115 (90)

200 (88)

0.606

Novel Oral Anticoagulants (NOAC),

n (%)

6 (6.1)

8 (6.2)

14 (6.2)

 > 0.999

Therapeutic dose, n (%)

93 (95)

122 (95)

215 (95)

 > 0.999

Prophylactic dose, n (%)

4 (4.1)

2 (1.6)

6 (2.7)

0.453

Plasma, n (%)

17 (17)

55 (43)

72 (32)

 < 0.001

RBC transfusion, n (%)

49 (50)

103 (80)

152 (67)

 < 0.001

APTT at the time of bleeding (s),

Me [Q1, Q3]

30.4 [26.1;38.3]

32.1 [27.3;39.6]

32.0 [26.7;39.0]

0.541

INR at the time of bleeding, M (SD)

1 (0.3)

1 (1.7)

1 (1.3)

0.2

Min hemoglobin level (g/l), M (SD)

74.8 (18.2)

67.4 (17.1)

70.6 (17.9)

0.002

Multifocal hematoma, n (%)

8 (8.2)

10 (7.8)

18 (7.9)

 > 0.999

Hematoma location

Anterior abdominal wall, n (%)

45 (46)

71 (55)

116 (51)

0.22

Thoracic wall, n (%)

25 (26)

27 (21)

52 (23)

0.513

Retroperitoneal space, n (%)

21 (21)

37 (29)

58 (26)

0.277

Pelvis, n (%)

14 (14)

36 (28)

50 (22)

0.022

Lower limb, n (%)

6 (6.1%)

1 (0.8%)

7 (3.1%)

0.055

Peritoneal cavity, n (%)

2 (2.0%)

1 (0.8%)

3 (1.3%)

0.81

Neck, n (%)

1 (1.0%)

0 (0%)

1 (0.4%)

0.89

Max hematoma volume (ml),

Me [Q1, Q3]

620.0

[400;1000]

850.0 [550;1400]

956 [478;1267]

 < 0.001

ICU before bleeding, n (%)

38 (39)

56 (44)

94 (42)

0.538

Vasopressor therapy before onset of bleeding, n (%)

15 (15)

55 (43)

70 (31)

 < 0.001

Artificial ventilation before onset of bleeding, n (%)

8 (8.2)

20 (16)

28 (12)

0.144

Pron position before onset of bleeding, n (%)

60 (61)

57 (44)

117 (52)

0.016

NEWS2 (points), M (SD)

4.4 (2.6)

5.4 (2.7)

4.9 (2.7)

0.007

SOFA (points), Me [Q1, Q3]

3 [0;4]

3 [2;6]

3 [0;5]

 < 0.001

APACHE II (points), Me [Q1, Q3]

7 [0;14]

16 [8;22]

12 [0;20]

 < 0.001

Hospital stay (days), M (SD)

15.6 (12.4)

14.1 (7.5)

14.9 (10.4)

0.06

30-day mortality, n (%)

29 (30)

66 (51)

95 (42)

0.002

  1. APTT, activated partial thromboplastin time; BMI, body mass index; ICU, intensive care unit; NEWS2, national early warning score 2; SOFA, sequential organ failure assessment; APACHE II, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II.