Ten-Year in-Hospital Mortality Trends among Paediatric Injured Patients in Japan: A Nationwide Observational Study.

ABSTRACT: Injury is a major cause of worldwide child mortality. This retrospective nationwide study aimed to evaluate the characteristics of paediatric injured patients in Japan and their in-hospital mortality trends from 2009 to 2018. Injured patients aged <17 years were enrolled. Data were extracted from the Japan Trauma Data Bank. In the Cochran-Armitage test, in-hospital mortality significantly decreased during the study period (p < 0.001), except among patients <1 year old, and yearly reductions were observed among those with an Injury Severity Score ≥16 and survival rate ≥50% (p < 0.001). In regression analyses, patients who underwent urgent blood transfusion within 24 h after hospital admission (odds ratio (OR) = 3.24, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 2.38-4.41) had a higher in-hospital mortali

SUBMITTER: Toida C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7600450 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature