David N Naumann1,2,3, Jon Hazeldine2,3, David J Davies3, Jon Bishop3, Mark J Midwinter4, Antonio Belli3, Paul Harrison2, Janet M Lord2. 1. Academic Department of Military Surgery and Trauma, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom. 2. Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham Research Laboratories, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom. 3. NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom. 4. School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Trauma patients are vulnerable to coagulopathy and inflammatory dysfunction associated with endotheliopathy of trauma (EoT). In vitro evidence has suggested that tranexamic acid (TXA) may ameliorate endotheliopathy. We aimed to investigate how soon after injury EoT occurs, its association with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS), and whether TXA ameliorates it. METHODS: A prospective observational study included 91 trauma patients enrolled within 60 min of injury and 19 healthy controls. Blood was sampled on enrolment and again 4 to 12 h later. ELISAs measured serum concentrations of syndecan-1 and thrombomodulin as biomarkers of EoT. MODS was compared between groups according to biomarker dynamics: persistently abnormal; abnormal to normal; and persistently normal. Timing of EoT was estimated by plotting biomarker data against time, and then fitting generalized additive models. Biomarker dynamics were compared between those who did or did not receive prehospital TXA. RESULTS: Median age was 38 (interquartile range [IQR] 24-55) years; 78 of 91 were male. Median injury severity score (ISS) was 22 (IQR 12-36). EoT was estimated to occur at 5 to 8 min after injury. There were no significant differences in ISS between those with or without prehospital EoT. Forty-two patients developed MODS; 31 of 42 with persistently abnormal; 8 of 42 with abnormal to normal; and 3 of 42 with persistently normal biomarkers; P < 0.05. There were no significant differences between TXA and non-TXA groups. CONCLUSIONS: EoT was present at the scene of injury. MODS was more likely when biomarkers of EoT were persistently raised. There were no significant differences between TXA and non-TXA groups. Prehospital interventions aimed at endothelial restoration may represent a clinically meaningful target for prehospital resuscitation.
BACKGROUND:Traumapatients are vulnerable to coagulopathy and inflammatory dysfunction associated with endotheliopathy of trauma (EoT). In vitro evidence has suggested that tranexamic acid (TXA) may ameliorate endotheliopathy. We aimed to investigate how soon after injury EoT occurs, its association with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS), and whether TXA ameliorates it. METHODS: A prospective observational study included 91 traumapatients enrolled within 60 min of injury and 19 healthy controls. Blood was sampled on enrolment and again 4 to 12 h later. ELISAs measured serum concentrations of syndecan-1 and thrombomodulin as biomarkers of EoT. MODS was compared between groups according to biomarker dynamics: persistently abnormal; abnormal to normal; and persistently normal. Timing of EoT was estimated by plotting biomarker data against time, and then fitting generalized additive models. Biomarker dynamics were compared between those who did or did not receive prehospital TXA. RESULTS: Median age was 38 (interquartile range [IQR] 24-55) years; 78 of 91 were male. Median injury severity score (ISS) was 22 (IQR 12-36). EoT was estimated to occur at 5 to 8 min after injury. There were no significant differences in ISS between those with or without prehospital EoT. Forty-two patients developed MODS; 31 of 42 with persistently abnormal; 8 of 42 with abnormal to normal; and 3 of 42 with persistently normal biomarkers; P < 0.05. There were no significant differences between TXA and non-TXA groups. CONCLUSIONS: EoT was present at the scene of injury. MODS was more likely when biomarkers of EoT were persistently raised. There were no significant differences between TXA and non-TXA groups. Prehospital interventions aimed at endothelial restoration may represent a clinically meaningful target for prehospital resuscitation.
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