Association between the Japan Coma Scale scores at the scene of injury and in-hospital outcomes in trauma patients: an analysis from the nationwide trauma database in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Japan Coma Scale (JCS) is a grading system used to evaluate disturbed consciousness in prehospital care settings. We aimed to identify the association between the JCS levels at the scene with in-hospital mortality, as well as the discrimination ability for the outcomes.

Design

A retrospective cohort study based on the nationwide trauma database in Japan.

Setting

Multicentre cohort study using data from the Japan Trauma Data Bank, which is a nationwide, prospective, observational trauma registry derived from 235 hospitals.

Participants

Adult trauma victims transferred directly from the scene of injury to the hospital from January 2004 to December 2017 were eligible for inclusion.

Primary and secondary outcomes

Primary outcome was the association

SUBMITTER: Okada Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6677991 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature