Citation

Chico-Fernández M, Llompart-Pou JA, Guerrero-López F, Sánchez-Casado M, García-Sáez I, Mayor-García MD, Egea-Guerrero J, Fernández-Ortega JF, Bueno-González A, González-Robledo J, Servià-Goixart L, Roldán-Ramírez J, Ballesteros-Sanz MÁ, Tejerina-Alvarez E, García-Fuentes C, Alberdi-Odriozola F. Med. Intensiva 2015; 40(6): 327-347.

Vernacular Title

Epidemiología del trauma grave en España. REgistro de TRAuma en UCI (RETRAUCI). Fase piloto.

Affiliation

Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitario de Donostia, San Sebastián, España.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.medin.2015.07.011

PMID

26440993

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To describe the characteristics and management of severe trauma disease in Spanish Intensive Care Units (ICUs). Registry of trauma in the ICU (RETRAUCI). Pilot phase.

DESIGN: A prospective, multicenter registry. SETTING: Thirteen Spanish ICUs. PATIENTS: Patients with trauma disease admitted to the ICU. INTERVENTIONS: None. MAIN VARIABLES OF INTEREST: Epidemiology, out-of-hospital attention, registry of injuries, resources utilization, complications and outcome were evaluated.

RESULTS: Patients, n=2242. Mean age 47.1±19.02 years. Males 79%. Blunt trauma 93.9%. Injury Severity Score 22.2±12.1, Revised Trauma Score 6.7±1.6. Non-intentional in 84.4% of the cases. The most common causes of trauma were traffic accidents followed by pedestrian and high-energy falls. Up to 12.4% were taking antiplatelet medication or anticoagulants. Almost 28% had a suspected or confirmed toxic influence in trauma. Up to 31.5% required an out-of-hospital artificial airway. The time from trauma to ICU admission was 4.7±5.3hours. At ICU admission, 68.5% were hemodynamically stable. Brain and chest injuries predominated. A large number of complications were documented. Mechanical ventilation was used in 69.5% of the patients (mean 8.2±9.9 days), of which 24.9% finally required a tracheostomy. The median duration of stay in the ICU and in hospital was 5 (range 3-13) and 9 (5-19) days, respectively. The ICU mortality rate was 12.3%, while the in-hospital mortality rate was 16.0%.

CONCLUSIONS: The pilot phase of the RETRAUCI offers a first impression of the epidemiology and management of trauma disease in Spanish ICUs.

Language: es