Assessment of post-trauma complications in eight million trauma cases over a decade in the USA

BackgroundTrauma is associated with a significant risk of post-trauma complications (PTCs). These include thromboembolic events, strokes, infections, and failure of organ systems (eg, kidney failure). Although care of the trauma patient has evolved during the last decade, whether this has resulted i...

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Published in:Trauma surgery & acute care open 2021-03, Vol.6 (1), p.e000667-e000667
Main Authors: Jakobsen, Rasmus Kirial, Bonde, Alexander, Sillesen, Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
complications
CPR
Datasets
Gender
Glasgow Coma Scale
Hospitals
morbidity
Mortality
multiple trauma
Original Research
Pneumonia
postoperative complications
Precision medicine
Sepsis
Trauma
Traumatic brain injury
Variables
Ventilators
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Summary:BackgroundTrauma is associated with a significant risk of post-trauma complications (PTCs). These include thromboembolic events, strokes, infections, and failure of organ systems (eg, kidney failure). Although care of the trauma patient has evolved during the last decade, whether this has resulted in a reduction in specific PTCs is unknown. We hypothesize that the incidence of PTCs has been decreasing during a 10-year period from 2007 to 2017.MethodsThis is a descriptive study of trauma patients originating from level 1, 2, 3, and 4 trauma centers in the USA, obtained via the Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) database from 2007 to 2017. PTCs documented throughout the time frame were extracted along with demographic variables. Multiple regression modeling was used to associate admission year with PTCs, while controlling for age, gender, Glasgow Coma Scale score, and Injury Severity Score.ResultsData from 8 720 026 trauma patients were extracted from the TQIP database. A total of 366 768 patients experienced one or more PTCs. There was a general decrease in the incidence of PTCs during the study period, with the overall incidence dropping from 7.0% in 2007 to 2.8% in 2017. Multiple regression identified a slight decrease in incidence in all PTCs, although deep surgical site infection (SSI), deep venous thrombosis (DVT), and stroke incidences increased when controlled for confounders.DiscussionOverall the incidence of PTCs dropped during the 10-year study period, although deep SSI, DVT, stroke, and cardiac arrest increased during the study period. Better risk prediction tools, enabling a precision medicine approach, are warranted to identify at-risk patients.Level of evidenceIII.
ISSN:2397-5776
2397-5776
DOI:10.1136/tsaco-2020-000667