Characteristics and outcome of traumatic cardiac arrest at a level 1 trauma centre over 10 years in Sweden

ABSTRACT:

Background

Historically, resuscitation in traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) has been deemed futile. However, recent literature reports improved but varying survival. Current European guidelines emphasise the addressing of reversible aetiologies in TCA and propose that a resuscitative thoracotomy may be performed within 15 min from last sign of life. To improve clinician understanding of which patients benefit from resuscitative efforts we aimed to describe the characteristics and 30-day survival for traumatic cardiac arrest at a Swedish trauma centre with a particular focus on resuscitative thoracotomy.

Methods

Retrospective cohort study of adult patients (≥ 15 years) with TCA managed at Karolinska University Hospital Solna between 2011 and 2020. Trauma demographics, intra-a

SUBMITTER: Ohlen D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9575295 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature