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Table 1 Cause of death and time from randomisation to death in postpartum, gastrointestinal and traumatic haemorrhage

From: Outcome measures in clinical trials of treatments for acute severe haemorrhage

Cause of death

Postpartum haemorrhage

Gastrointestinal haemorrhage

Traumatic haemorrhageb

N = 20,021

N = 8,699

N = 20,127

n (%)

Days (hours)

n (%)

Days (hours)

n (%)

Days (hours)

Bleeding

346 (1.7)

0 (5)

350 (4.0)

1 (28)

1063 (5.3)

0 (10)

Thrombosisa

21 (0.1)

0 (11)

32 (0.4)

4 (94)

81 (0.4)

4 (88)

Organ failure

43 (0.2)

2 (47)

141 (1.6)

5 (127)

486 (2.4)

3 (83)

Sepsis

23 (0.1)

5 (118)

109 (1.3)

6 (140)

44 (0.2)

9 (219)

Other

50 (0.2)

1 (13)

182 (2.1)

5 (114)

1402 (7.0)

1 (35)

All-cause

483 (2.4)

0 (7)

814 (9.4)

3 (66)

3076 (15.3)

1 (22)

  1. Time to death is the median time from randomisation to death in days and hours
  2. aIncludes stroke, myocardial infarction and pulmonary embolism
  3. bTime to death estimated using date and time of randomisation and date of death