title: Individual clotting factor contributions to mortality following trauma.
abstract: Acute traumatic coagulopathy affects 20% to 30% of trauma patients, but the extensive collinearity of the coagulation cascade complicates attempts to clarify global clotting factor dysfunction. This study aimed to characterize phenotypes of clotting factor dysfunction and their contributions to mortality after major trauma.
  
  
  
  This prospective cohort study examines all adult trauma patients of the highest activation level presenting to San Francisco General Hospital between February 2005 and February 2015. Factors II, V, VII, VIII, IX, and X and protein C activity on admission and mortality status at 28 days were assessed. Predictors of 28-day mortality in univariate analysis were included in multiple logistic regression controlling for traumatic brain injury (TBI), acidosis, age, and mechanism of injury. Principal component analysis was utilized to identify phenotypic coagulation.
  
  
  
  Complete coagulation factor data were available for 876 (61%) of 1,429 patients. In multiple logistic regression, factors V (odds ratio [OR], 0.86; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.76-0.97), VIII (OR, 0.97; 95% CI, 0.95-0.99), and X (OR, 0.79; 95% CI, 0.68-0.92) and protein C (OR, 1.17; 95% CI, 1.05-1.30) significantly predicted 28-day mortality after controlling for age, base deficit, mechanism of injury, and TBI. Principal component analysis identified two significant principal components (Phenotypes 1 and 2) that accounted for 66.3% of the total variance. Phenotype 1 (factors II, VII, IX, and X and protein C abnormalities) explained 49.3% and was associated with increased injury, coagulopathy, TBI, and mortality. Phenotype 2 (factors V and VIII abnormalities) explained 17.0% and was associated with increased coagulopathy, blunt injury, and mortality. Only Phenotype 2 remained significantly associated with 28-day mortality in multiple logistic regression.
  
  
  
  Principal component analysis identified two distinct phenotypes within the entirety of global clotting factor abnormalities, and these findings substantiate the crucial association of factors V and VIII on mortality following trauma. This may be the first step toward identifying unique phenotypes after injury and personalizing hemostatic resuscitation.
  
  
  
  Prognostic study, level III.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California (R.C.K., B.M.H., L.Z.K., S.A.C., A.S.C., M.J.C., R.A.C.); and Department of Surgery, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California (R.C.K., B.M.H., L.Z.K., S.A.C., A.S.C., M.J.C., R.A.C.).
authors.forename: Ryan C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Kunitake
authors.forename: Benjamin M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Howard
authors.forename: Lucy Z
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Kornblith
authors.forename: Sabrinah A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Christie
authors.forename: Amanda S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Conroy
authors.forename: Mitchell J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Rachael A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Callcut
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001778:Blood Coagulation Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D001779:Blood Coagulation Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D001780:Blood Coagulation Tests; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D025341:Principal Component Analysis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012495:San Francisco; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality
chemical_list: D001779:Blood Coagulation Factors