Andrew Nordin1, Alan Coleman2, Junxin Shi3, Krista Wheeler3, Henry Xiang4, Shannon Acker5, Denis Bensard6, Brian Kenney7. 1. Nationwide Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Columbus, OH; State University of New York University at Buffalo, Department of General Surgery, Buffalo, NY. 2. Nationwide Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Columbus, OH. 3. Center for Pediatric Trauma Research, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH; Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH. 4. Center for Injury Research and Policy, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH; The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH. 5. University of Colorado, Department of General Surgery, Aurora, CO. 6. Denver Health Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Denver, CO. 7. Nationwide Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Columbus, OH; Center for Pediatric Trauma Research, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH. Electronic address: Brian.Kenney@nationwidechildrens.org.
Abstract
PURPOSE: In adults, shock index (SI; heart rate/systolic blood pressure) >0.9 predicts injury severity and trauma outcomes. However, age-adjusted shock index (SIPA) out-performs SI in blunt trauma patients 4-16years old. We sought to confirm these findings and expand this tool to include penetrating trauma and children aged 1-4years. METHODS: We developed cutoff values for patients 1-3years old using age-based vital signs and queried the 2014 Pediatric Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) database for patients aged 1-16years sustaining blunt or penetrating trauma. Outcomes measured included injury severity, transfusion within 24h, intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital length of stay (LOS), and mortality. SI and SIPA were compared using Student's t-test and chi-square tests. RESULTS: We identified 22,344 blunt and 613 penetrating trauma patients. SI was elevated in 41.3% and 40.0% of these groups, respectively, whereas SIPA was elevated in 15.6% and 19.4% of patients. SIPA was a significantly better predictor of transfusion needs, injury severity, ICU admission, ventilator use, and mortality for both blunt and penetrating trauma. CONCLUSION: SIPA identifies severe injury and predicts transfusion needs and mortality more effectively than SI for both blunt and penetrating pediatric trauma. Further investigation should evaluate its use as a triage tool. TYPE OF STUDY: Prognosis Study. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: II.
PURPOSE: In adults, shock index (SI; heart rate/systolic blood pressure) >0.9 predicts injury severity and trauma outcomes. However, age-adjusted shock index (SIPA) out-performs SI in blunt traumapatients 4-16years old. We sought to confirm these findings and expand this tool to include penetrating trauma and children aged 1-4years. METHODS: We developed cutoff values for patients 1-3years old using age-based vital signs and queried the 2014 Pediatric Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) database for patients aged 1-16years sustaining blunt or penetrating trauma. Outcomes measured included injury severity, transfusion within 24h, intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital length of stay (LOS), and mortality. SI and SIPA were compared using Student's t-test and chi-square tests. RESULTS: We identified 22,344 blunt and 613 penetrating traumapatients. SI was elevated in 41.3% and 40.0% of these groups, respectively, whereas SIPA was elevated in 15.6% and 19.4% of patients. SIPA was a significantly better predictor of transfusion needs, injury severity, ICU admission, ventilator use, and mortality for both blunt and penetrating trauma. CONCLUSION: SIPA identifies severe injury and predicts transfusion needs and mortality more effectively than SI for both blunt and penetrating pediatric trauma. Further investigation should evaluate its use as a triage tool. TYPE OF STUDY: Prognosis Study. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: II.
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