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Mortality in severely injured patients: nearly one of five non-survivors have been already discharged alive from ICU.

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BACKGROUND:Most trauma patients admitted to the hospital alive and die later on, decease during the initial care in the emergency department or the intensive care unit (ICU). However, a number of patients pass away after having been discharged from the ICU during the initial hospital stay. On first sight these cases could be seen as "failure to rescue" of potentially salvageable patients. A low rate of such patients might be a potential indicator of quality for trauma care on ICUs and surgical wards. METHODS:Retrospective analysis of the TraumaRegister DGU® with data from 2015 to 2017. Patients that died during the initial ICU stay were compared to those who were discharged from the initial ICU stay for at least 24 h but died later on. RESULTS:A total of 82,313 trauma patients were included in the TraumaRegister DGU®. In total, 6576 patients (8.0%) died during their hospital stay. Out of those, 5481 were admitted to the ICU alive and 972 patients (17.7%) were discharged from ICU and died later on. Those were older (mean age: 77 vs. 68 years), less severely injured (mean ISS: 23.1 vs. 30.0 points) and had a longer mean ICU length of stay (10 vs. 6 days). A limitation of life-sustaining therapy due to a documented living will was present in 46.1% of all patients who died during their initial ICU stay and in 59.9% of patients who died after discharge from their initial ICU stay. CONCLUSIONS:17.7% of all non-surviving severely injured trauma patients died within the hospital after discharge from their initial ICU treatment. Their death can partially be explained by a limitation of therapy due to a living will. In conclusion, the rate of such late deaths may partially represent patients that died of potentially avoidable or treatable complications.

journal_name

BMC Anesthesiol

journal_title

BMC anesthesiology

authors

Hamsen U,Drotleff N,Lefering R,Gerstmeyer J,Schildhauer TA,Waydhas C,TraumaRegister DGU.

doi

10.1186/s12871-020-01159-8

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-09-23 00:00:00

pages

243

issue

issn

1471-2253

pii

10.1186/s12871-020-01159-8

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Mortality in severely injured patients: nearly one of five non-survivors have been already discharged alive from ICU.