Complications and in-hospital mortality in trauma patients treated in intensive care units in the United States, 2013.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Traumatic injury is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, but epidemiologic data about trauma patients who require intensive care unit (ICU) admission are scant. This study aimed to describe the annual incidence of ICU admission for adult trauma patients, including an assessment of risk factors for hospital complications and mortality in this population.

Methods

This was a retrospective study of adults hospitalized at Level 1 and Level 2 trauma centers after trauma and recorded in the National Trauma Data Bank in 2013. Multiple logistic regression analyses were performed to determine predictors of hospital complications and hospital mortality for those who required ICU admission.

Results

There were an estimated total of 1.03 million ICU admi

SUBMITTER: Prin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4974260 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature