| Literature DB >> 22410278 |
Luisa Corral1, Casimiro F Javierre, Josep L Ventura, Pilar Marcos, José I Herrero, Rafael Mañez.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Non-neurological complications in patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) are frequent, worsening the prognosis, but the pathophysiology of systemic complications after TBI is unclear. The purpose of this study was to analyze non-neurological complications in patients with severe TBI admitted to the ICU, the impact of these complications on mortality, and their possible correlation with TBI severity.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22410278 PMCID: PMC3681369 DOI: 10.1186/cc11243
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Crit Care ISSN: 1364-8535 Impact factor: 9.097
Clinical characteristics of 224 patients with severe traumatic brain injury.
| 224 | ||
| Age (median, interquartile range) | 35.6 (23-55) | |
| Gender | Male | 189 (84) |
| Female | 35 (16) | |
| Mechanism of injury | Traffic accident | 148 (66) |
| Falls | 58 (26) | |
| Assault | 6 (3) | |
| Others | 12 (5) | |
| Multiple trauma | 127 (57) | |
| GCS | 3 | 30 (13) |
| 4 | 35 (16) | |
| 5 | 30 (13) | |
| 6 | 40 (18) | |
| 7 | 35 (16) | |
| 8 | 54 (24) | |
| Low GCS (GCS 3, 4, 5) | 95 (42) | |
| High GCS (GCS 6, 7, 8) | 129 (58) | |
| TCDB CT scan classification | I | 14 (6) |
| II | 120 (54) | |
| III | 26 (12) | |
| IV | 21 (9) | |
| EM | 38 (17) | |
| NEM | 5 (2) | |
| I, II, EM | 172 (77) | |
| III, IV, NEM | 52 (23) | |
| Detected hypotension at admission | 38 (17) | |
| Detected hypoxia at admission | 64 (29) | |
| Detected intracranial hypertension | 83 (37) | |
| Pupil abnormalities | 76 (34) | |
| Dead | At ICU discharge | 67 (31) |
| At hospital discharge | 74 (33) | |
| At 6 and 12 months | 79 (35) | |
| Days in ICU (median, interquartile range) | 15 (7-26) | |
| Days in hospital (median, interquartile range) | 26 (11-49) | |
EM: evacuable mass, GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale, ICU: Intensive Care Unit, NEM: non-evacuable mass, TCDB CT: Traumatic Coma Data Bank Computed tomography.
TCDB CT was grouped in two groups: one best TCDB CT scan classification type I, II and evacuable mass (EM) and the other worst TCDB CT scan type III, IV and non-evacuable mass (NEM).
Non-neurological complications.
| Variables | n (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Respiratory infections | 152 (68) |
| Atelectasis | 47 (21) | |
| ARDS | 20 (9) | |
| PaO2/FiO2 < 200 | 92 (41) | |
| PaO2/FiO2 200-300 | 94 (42) | |
| Cardiovascular | Hypotension | 99 (44) |
| Hypertension | 28 (12) | |
| Arrhythmias | 25 (11) | |
| Dopamine, dobutamine or norepinephrine | 156 (70) | |
| Infection | Sepsis | 169 (75) |
| Septic shock | 13 (6) | |
| AKI | 17 (8) | |
| Abdominal complications | 40 (18) | |
| Electrolytical complications | 48 (21) | |
| Bleeding complications | 60 (27) | |
| Non-neurosurgical surgery (traumatic, digestive, maxillar or plastic) | 62 (28) | |
AKI: acute kidney injury, ARDS: acute respiratory distress syndrome, PaO2/FiO2: arterial oxygen pressure/oxygen inspired fraction ratio.
Respiratory infections: aspiration, tracheobronchitis and pneumonia were grouped,. Non-neurosurgical surgery: traumatic, digestive, maxillar or plastic surgery.
Non-neurological complications associated to hospital mortality.
| Variables | Deaths | Survive |
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Respiratory infection | 45 (30) | 107 (70) | NS |
| Atelectasis | 11(23) | 36 (77) | NS | |
| ARDS | 18 (90) | 2 (10) | < 0,01 | |
| PaO2/FiO2 < 200 | 43 (47) | 49 (53) | < 0,05 | |
| PaO2/FiO2 200-300 | 21 (22) | 73 (78) | < 0,05 | |
| Cardiovascular | Hypotension | 50 (51) | 49 (49) | < 0,05 |
| Hypertension | 7 (25) | 21 (75) | NS | |
| Arrhythmias | 12 (48) | 13 (52) | NS | |
| Dopamine, dobutamine or norepinephrine | 63 (40) | 93 (60) | < 0,05 | |
| Infection | Sepsis | 53 (31) | 116 (69) | NS |
| Septic shock | 11 (85) | 2 (15) | < 0,05 | |
| AKI | 13 (76) | 4 (24) | < 0,05 | |
| Abdominal complications | 32 (30) | 76 (70) | NS | |
| Electrolytical complications | 18 (38) | 29 (62) | NS | |
| Bleeding complications | 30 (50) | 30 (50) | < 0,05 | |
| Non-neurosurgical surgery | 13 (21) | 48 (79) | < 0,05 | |
AKI: acute kidney injury, ARDS: acute respiratory distress syndrome, PaO2/FiO2: arterial oxygen pressure/oxygen inspired fraction ratio. Respiratory infections: aspiration, tracheobronchitis and pneumonia were grouped.
Logistic regression backward stepwise for worse outcome at one year.
| Variable | OR | IC 95% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 1.03 | 1.01-1.06 | 0.007 |
| GCS 3-5 | 3.26 | 1.36-7.89 | 0.008 |
| Worst TCDB first CT scan | 3.05 | 1.15-8.12 | 0.025 |
| Intracranial hypertension | 3.83 | 1.72-8.53 | 0.001 |
GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale, IC 95%: 95% confidence interval for the OR, OR: odds ratio, TCDB CT: traumatic coma data bank computed tomography.
Worst TCDB CT scan referring to type III, IV and non-evacuable mass.
Logistic regression backward stepwise for mortality.
| Variable | OR | IC 95% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GCS 3-5 | 2.47 | 1.03-5.93 | 0.043 |
| Worst TCDB first CT scan | 3.69 | 1.43-9.51 | 0.007 |
| Intracranial hypertension | 10.18 | 3.85-26.89 | 0.000 |
| Renal failure | 7.12 | 1.58-31.98 | 0.010 |
GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale, IC 95%: 95% confidence interval for the OR, OR: odds ratio, TCDB CT: traumatic coma data bank computed tomography.
Worst TCDB CT scan referring to type III, IV and non-evacuable mass.
Adjusted odds ratio for predictors of mortality and adjusted odds ratio for predictors of ICU hypotension in our cohort.
| Variable | OR | IC 95% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mortality | ICU hypotension with low GCS 3-5 | 4.28 | 1.22-15.07 | 0.024 |
| ICU hypotension with high GCS 6-8 | 0.13 | 0.01-02.33 | 0.167 | |
| Severe respiratory failure | 1.39 | 0.57-03.35 | 0.467 | |
| Renal failure | 6.17 | 1.37-27.78 | 0.018 | |
| ICU hypotension | GCS 3-5 | 3.37 | 1.66-6.82 | 0.001 |
GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale, IC 95%: 95% confidence interval for the OR, ICU: intensive care unit, OR: odds ratio.