Routine laboratory parameters predict intensive care unit admission and hospitalization in patients suffering stab injuries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Knife crime has increased considerably in recent years in Northern Europe. Affected patients often require immediate surgical care due to traumatic organ injury. Yet, little is known about clinically relevant routine laboratory parameters in stab injury patients and how these are associated with intensive care unit (ICU) admission, hospitalization and number of surgeries.

Methods

We retrospectively analyzed 258 stab injury cases between July 2015 and December 2021 at an urban Level I Trauma Center. Annual and seasonal incidences, injury site, injury mechanism, Injury Severity Score (ISS), and surgical management were evaluated. First, correlations between routine laboratory parameters for hematology, coagulation, and serum biochemistry (peak, and Δ (change from ad

SUBMITTER: Maleitzke T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9851079 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature