Predicting tracheostomy in multiple injured patients with severe thoracic injury (AIS ≥ 3) with the new T₃P-Score: a multivariable regression prediction analysis.

ABSTRACT: Multiple trauma patients with severe chest trauma are at increased risk for tracheostomy. While the risk factors associated with the need for tracheostomy are well established in the general critical care population, they have not yet been validated in a cohort of patients suffering severe thoracic trauma. This retrospective cohort study analysed data on patients aged 18 years or older who were admitted to one of the six participating academic level I trauma centres with multiple injuries, including severe thoracic trauma (AIS_Thorax ≥ 3) between 2010 and 2014. A multivariable binary regression was used to identify predictor variables for tracheostomy and to develop the Tracheostomy in Thoracic Trauma Prediction Score (T₃P-Score). The study included 1019 adult thoracic

SUBMITTER: Blasius FM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9958106 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature