Age and preexisting conditions as risk factors for severe adverse events and failure to rescue after injury.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Failure to rescue (FTR: the conditional probability of death after complication) has been studied in trauma cohorts, but the impact of age and preexisting conditions (PECs) on risk of FTR is not well known. We assessed the relationship between age and PECs on the risk of experiencing serious adverse events (SAEs) subsequent FTR in trauma patients with the hypothesis that increased comorbidity burden and age would be associated with increased FTR.

Materials and methods

We performed a retrospective cohort analysis at an urban level 1 trauma center in Pennsylvania. All patients aged ≥16 y with minimum Abbreviated Injury Scale score ≥2 from 2009 to 2013 were included. Univariate logistic regression models for SAE and FTR were developed using age, PECs, demographics, a

SUBMITTER: Earl-Royal E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5119648 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature