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Adami EA, Poillucci G, Di Saverio S, Khan M, Fransvea P, Podda M, Rampini A, Marini P. A critical appraisal of emergency resuscitative thoracotomy in a Western European level 1 trauma centre: a 13-year experience. Updates Surg 2024; 76:677-686. [PMID: 37839047 DOI: 10.1007/s13304-023-01667-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 09/29/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
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Emergency Resuscitative Thoracotomy (ERT) is a lifesaving procedure in selected patients. Outcome mostly in blunt trauma is believed to be poor. The primary aim of this study was to determine the predictors of postoperative mortality following ERT. We retrospectively reviewed 34 patients ≥ 18 years who underwent ERT at San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital (Rome, Italy) between January 2009 and December 2022 with traumatic arrest for blunt or penetrating injuries. Of 34 ERT, 28 (82.4%) were for blunt trauma and 6 (17.6%) were for penetrating trauma. Injury Severity Score (p-value 0.014), positive E-FAST (p-value 0.023), Systolic Blood Pressure (p-value 0.001), lactate arterial blood (p-value 0.012), pH arterial blood (p-value 0.007), and bicarbonate arterial blood (p-value < 0.001) were significantly associated with postoperative mortality in a univariate model. After adjustment, the only independent predictor of postoperative mortality was Injury Severity Score (p-value 0.048). Our experience suggests that ERT is a technique that should be utilized for patients with critical penetrating injuries and blunt trauma in patients in extremis. Our study highlights as negative prognostic factors high values of ISS and lactate arterial blood, a positive E-FAST, and low values of Systolic Blood Pressure, pH arterial blood and bicarbonate arterial blood.
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- Ennio Alberto Adami
- General and Emergency Surgery, St. Camillo Forlanini's Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Division of General, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, Department of Surgery, San Matteo Hospital, Spoleto, Italy.
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- Department of General Surgery, San Benedetto del Tronto General Hospital, San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy
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- University Hospitals Sussex NHSFT, Eastern Rd, Brighton, UK
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- Emergency Surgery and Trauma, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Surgical Science, Policlinico Universitario "Duilio Casula", University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- General and Emergency Surgery, St. Camillo Forlanini's Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- General and Emergency Surgery, St. Camillo Forlanini's Hospital, Rome, Italy
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Lin Y, Chen Q, Zhang G, Xie L, Yang X, Zhong H, Xu J, Zhang M. Sodium octanoate alleviates cardiac and cerebral injury after traumatic cardiac arrest in a porcine model. Am J Emerg Med 2024; 78:48-56. [PMID: 38199096 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2023.12.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2023] [Revised: 12/25/2023] [Accepted: 12/31/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION Traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) is a severe condition with a high mortality rate, and patients who survive from TCA face a poor prognosis due to post-resuscitation injury, including cardiac and cerebral injury, which remains a serious challenge. Sodium octanoate has shown protective effects against various diseases. The present study aims to investigate sodium octanoate's protective effects against cardiac and cerebral injury after TCA in a porcine model. METHODS The study included a total of 22 male domestic pigs divided into three groups: Sham group (n = 7), TCA group (n = 7), and sodium octanoate (SO) group (n = 8). Hemorrhage was initiated via the right femoral artery by a blood pump at a rate of 2 ml·kg-1·min-1 to establish TCA model. The Sham group underwent only endotracheal intubation and arteriovenous catheterization, without experiencing the blood loss/cardiac arrest/resuscitation model. At 5 min after resuscitation, the SO group received a continuous sodium octanoate infusion while the TCA group received the same volume of saline. General indicators were monitored, and blood samples were collected at baseline and at different time points after resuscitation. At 24 h after resuscitation, pigs were sacrificed, and heart and brain were obtained for cell apoptosis detection, iron deposition staining, oxidative stress detection, and the expression of ferroptosis-related proteins (ACSL4 and GPX4). RESULTS Sodium octanoate significantly improved mean arterial pressure, cardiac output and ejection fraction induced by TCA. Serum biomarkers of cardiac and cerebral injury were found to increase at all time points after resuscitation, while sodium octanoate significantly reduced their levels. The apoptosis rates of cardiomyocytes and cerebral cortex cells in the SO group were significantly lower than in the TCA group, along with a reduced area of iron deposition staining. The sodium octanoate also reduced oxidative stress and down-regulated ferroptosis which was indicated by protein level alteration of ACSL4 and GPX4. CONCLUSION Our study's findings suggest that early infusion of sodium octanoate significantly alleviates post-resuscitation cardiac and cerebral injury in a porcine model of TCA, possibly through inhibition of cell apoptosis and GPX4-mediated ferroptosis. Therefore, sodium octanoate could be a potential therapeutic strategy for patients with TCA.
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- Yao Lin
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China; Key Laboratory of The Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Trauma and Burn of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China; Zhejiang Province Clinical Research Center for Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China; Department of Emergency Medicine, The First People's Hospital of Fuyang Hangzhou, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China; Department of Emergency Medicine, Lishui Municipal Central Hospital, Lishui, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China; Department of Emergency Medicine, Lishui Municipal Central Hospital, Lishui, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China; Department of Emergency Medicine, Lishui Municipal Central Hospital, Lishui, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China; Key Laboratory of The Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Trauma and Burn of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China; Zhejiang Province Clinical Research Center for Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China; Key Laboratory of The Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Trauma and Burn of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China; Zhejiang Province Clinical Research Center for Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China; Key Laboratory of The Diagnosis and Treatment of Severe Trauma and Burn of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China; Zhejiang Province Clinical Research Center for Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
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Lugnet V, McDonough M, Gordon L, Galindez M, Mena Reyes N, Sheets A, Zafren K, Paal P. Termination of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Mountain Rescue: A Scoping Review and ICAR MedCom 2023 Recommendations. High Alt Med Biol 2023; 24:274-286. [PMID: 37733297 DOI: 10.1089/ham.2023.0068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/22/2023] Open
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Lugnet, Viktor, Miles McDonough, Les Gordon, Mercedes Galindez, Nicolas Mena Reyes, Alison Sheets, Ken Zafren, and Peter Paal. Termination of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in mountain rescue: a scoping review and ICAR MedCom 2023 recommendations. High Alt Med Biol. 24:274-286, 2023. Background: In 2012, the International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MedCom) published recommendations for termination of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in mountain rescue. New developments have necessitated an update. This is the 2023 update for termination of CPR in mountain rescue. Methods: For this scoping review, we searched the PubMed and Cochrane libraries, updated the recommendations, and obtained consensus approval within the writing group and the ICAR MedCom. Results: We screened a total of 9,102 articles, of which 120 articles met the inclusion criteria. We developed 17 recommendations graded according to the strength of recommendation and level of evidence. Conclusions: Most of the recommendations from 2012 are still valid. We made minor changes regarding the safety of rescuers and responses to primary or traumatic cardiac arrest. The criteria for termination of CPR remain unchanged. The principal changes include updated recommendations for mechanical chest compression, point of care ultrasound (POCUS), extracorporeal life support (ECLS) for hypothermia, the effects of water temperature in drowning, and the use of burial times in avalanche rescue.
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- Viktor Lugnet
- International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MedCom), Kloten, Switzerland
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Östersund Hospital, Östersund, Sweden
- Swedish Mountain Guides Association (SBO), Gällivare, Sweden
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- International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MedCom), Kloten, Switzerland
- Department of Emergency Medicine, UCSF Fresno, Fresno, California, USA
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- International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MedCom), Kloten, Switzerland
- Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team, Ambleside, United Kingdom
- Department of Anaesthesia, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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- International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MedCom), Kloten, Switzerland
- Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Zonal Ramón Carrillo, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
- Comisión de Auxilio Club Andino Bariloche, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
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- International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MedCom), Kloten, Switzerland
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Sótero del Río Hospital, Santiago de Chile, Chile
- Grupo de Rescate Médico en Montaña (GREMM), Santiago, Chile
- Emegency Medicine Section, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MedCom), Kloten, Switzerland
- Emergency Medicine, Boulder Community Health, Boulder, Colorado, USA
- Wilderness Medicine Section, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MedCom), Kloten, Switzerland
- Himalayan Rescue Association, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California, USA
- Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
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- International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MedCom), Kloten, Switzerland
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, St. John of God Hospital, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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Yamamoto R, Suzuki M, Sasaki J. Potential harms of emergency department thoracotomy in patients with persistent cardiac arrest following trauma: a nationwide observational study. Sci Rep 2023; 13:16042. [PMID: 37749170 PMCID: PMC10520031 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-43318-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/27/2023] Open
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Emergency department thoracotomy (EDT) was incorporated into traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (t-OHCA) resuscitation. Although current guidelines recommend EDT with survival predictors, futility following EDT has been demonstrated and the potential risks have not been thoroughly investigated. This study aimed to elucidate the benefits and harms of EDT for persistent cardiac arrest following injury until hospital arrival. This retrospective cohort study used a nationwide trauma registry (2019-2021) and included adult patients with t-OHCA both at the scene and on hospital arrival. Survival to discharge, hemostatic procedure frequency, and transfusion amount were compared between patients treated with and without EDT. Inverse probability weighting using a propensity score was conducted to adjust age, sex, comorbidities, mechanism of injury, prehospital resuscitative procedure, prehospital physician presence, presence of signs of life, degree of thoracic injury, transportation time, and institutional characteristics. Among 1289 patients, 374 underwent EDT. The longest transportation time for survivors was 8 and 23 min in patients with and without EDT, respectively. EDT was associated with lower survival to discharge (4/374 [1.1%] vs. 22/915 [2.4%]; adjusted odds ratio [OR], 0.43 [95% CI 0.22-0.84]; p = 0.011), although patients with EDT underwent more frequent hemostatic surgeries (46.0% vs. 5.0%; adjusted OR, 16.39 [95% CI 12.50-21.74]) and received a higher amount of transfusion. Subgroup analyses revealed no association between EDT and lower survival in patients with severe chest injuries (1.0% vs. 1.4%; adjusted OR, 0.72 [95% CI 0.28-1.84]). EDT was associated with lower survival till discharge in trauma patients with persistent cardiac arrests after adjusting for various patient backgrounds, including known indications for EDT. The idea that EDT is the last resort for t-OHCA should be reconsidered and EDT indications need to be deliberately determined.Trial registration This study is retrospectively registered at University Hospital Medical Information Network (UMIN ID: UMIN000050840).
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- Ryo Yamamoto
- Trauma Service, Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Tokyo Dental College, Ichikawa General Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Trauma Service, Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan
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Irfan FB, Consunji RIGDJ, Peralta R, El-Menyar A, Dsouza LB, Al-Suwaidi JM, Singh R, Castrén M, Djärv T, Alinier G. Comparison of in-hospital and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest of trauma patients in Qatar. Int J Emerg Med 2022; 15:52. [PMID: 36114456 PMCID: PMC9479227 DOI: 10.1186/s12245-022-00454-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 09/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background Cardiac arrests in admitted hospital patients with trauma have not been described in the literature. We defined “in-hospital cardiac arrest of a trauma” (IHCAT) patient as “cessation of circulatory activity in a trauma patient confirmed by the absence of signs of circulation or abnormal cardiac arrest rhythm inside a hospital setting, which was not cardiac re-arrest.” This study aimed to compare epidemiology, clinical presentation, and outcomes between in- and out-of-hospital arrest resuscitations in trauma patients in Qatar. It was conducted as a retrospective cohort study including IHCAT and out-of-hospital trauma cardiac arrest (OHTCA) patients from January 2010 to December 2015 utilizing data from the national trauma registry, the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest registry, and the national ambulance service database. Results There were 716 traumatic cardiac arrest patients in Qatar from 2010 to 2015. A total of 410 OHTCA and 199 IHCAT patients were included for analysis. The mean annual crude incidence of IHCAT was 2.0 per 100,000 population compared to 4.0 per 100,000 population for OHTCA. The univariate comparative analysis between IHCAT and OHTCA patients showed a significant difference between ethnicities (p=0.04). With the exception of head injury, IHCAT had a significantly higher proportion of localization of injuries to anatomical regions compared to OHTCA; spinal injury (OR 3.5, 95% CI 1.5–8.3, p<0.004); chest injury (OR 2.62, 95% CI 1.62–4.19, p<0.00), and abdominal injury (OR 2.0, 95% CI 1.0–3.8, p<0.037). IHCAT patients had significantly higher hypovolemia (OR 1.66, 95% CI 1.18–2.35, p=0.004), higher mean Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score (OR 1.4, 95% CI 1.3–1.6, p<0.00), and a greater proportion of initial shockable rhythm (OR 3.51, 95% CI 1.6–7.7, p=0.002) and cardiac re-arrest (OR 6.0, 95% CI 3.3–10.8, p=<0.00) compared to OHTCA patients. Survival to hospital discharge was greater for IHCAT patients compared to OHTCA patients (OR 6.3, 95% CI 1.3–31.2, p=0.005). Multivariable analysis for comparison after adjustment for age and gender showed that IHCAT was associated with higher odds of spinal injury, abdominal injury, higher pre-hospital GCS, higher occurrence of cardiac re-arrest, and better survival than for OHTCA patients. IHCAT patients had a greater proportion of anatomically localized injuries indicating solitary injuries compared to greater polytrauma in OHTCA. In contrast, OHTCA patients had a higher proportion of diffuse blunt non-localizable polytrauma injuries that were severe enough to cause immediate or earlier onset of cardiac arrest. Conclusion In traumatic cardiac arrest patients, IHCAT was less common than OHTCA and might be related to a greater proportion of solitary localized anatomical blunt injuries (head/abdomen/chest/spine). In contrast, OHTCA patients were associated with diffuse blunt non-localizable polytrauma injuries with increased severity leading to immediate cardiac arrest. IHCAT was associated with a higher mean GCS score and a higher rate of initial shockable rhythm and cardiac re-arrest, and improved survival rates.
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Hosomi S, Kitamura T, Sobue T, Zha L, Kiyohara K, Matsuyama T, Oda J. Association between Timing of Epinephrine Administration and Outcomes of Traumatic Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest following Traffic Collisions. J Clin Med 2022; 11:jcm11123564. [PMID: 35743634 PMCID: PMC9224800 DOI: 10.3390/jcm11123564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Revised: 05/28/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The effects of epinephrine administration timing on patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) following traffic collisions are unknown. We analyzed the 2013-2019 All-Japan Utstein Registry data of 2024 such patients aged ≥18 years who were resuscitated by emergency medical service (EMS) personnel or bystanders and then transported to medical institutions. Time from 119 call to epinephrine administration was classified into quartiles: Q1 (6-21 min), Q2 (22-26 min), Q3 (27-34 min), and Q4 (35-60 min). Multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to assess the effects of epinephrine administration timing on one-month survival after OHCA. Overall, the one-month survival rates were 3.2% (15/466) in Q1, 1.1% (5/472) in Q2, 1.9% (11/577) in Q3, and 0.2% (1/509) in Q4. Additionally, the one-month survival rate decreased significantly in the Q4 group (adjusted odds ratio, 0.07; 95% confidence interval, 0.01-0.57) compared with the Q1 group, and the probability of one-month survival decreased as the time from the EMS call to epinephrine administration increased (p-value for trend = 0.009). Only four patients (0.9% [4/466]) with the earliest epinephrine administration showed a good neurological outcome.
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- Sanae Hosomi
- Department of Traumatology and Acute Critical Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-15 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan;
- Division of Environmental Medicine and Population Sciences, Department of Social Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita 565-0871, Japan; (T.K.); (T.S.); (L.Z.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-6-6879-5707
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- Division of Environmental Medicine and Population Sciences, Department of Social Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita 565-0871, Japan; (T.K.); (T.S.); (L.Z.)
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- Division of Environmental Medicine and Population Sciences, Department of Social Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita 565-0871, Japan; (T.K.); (T.S.); (L.Z.)
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- Division of Environmental Medicine and Population Sciences, Department of Social Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita 565-0871, Japan; (T.K.); (T.S.); (L.Z.)
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- Department of Food Science, Faculty of Home Economics, Otsuma Women’s University, 12 Sanban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8357, Japan;
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan;
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- Department of Traumatology and Acute Critical Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-15 Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan;
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Anderson KL, Evans JC, Castaneda MG, Boudreau SM, Maddry JK, Morgan JD. Effects of Left Ventricular Versus Traditional Chest Compressions in a Traumatic Pulseless Electrical Activity Model. Mil Med 2022; 187:351-359. [PMID: 34143215 DOI: 10.1093/milmed/usab229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2021] [Revised: 04/26/2021] [Accepted: 06/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Prehospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation has commonly been considered ineffective in traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest because traditional chest compressions do not produce substantial cardiac output. However, recent evidence suggests that chest compressions located over the left ventricle (LV) produce greater hemodynamics when compared to traditional compressions. We hypothesized that chest compressions located directly over the LV would result in an increase in return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and hemodynamic variables, when compared to traditional chest compressions, in a swine model of traumatic pulseless electrical activity (PEA). METHODS Transthoracic echocardiography was used to mark the location of the aortic root (traditional compressions) and the center of the LV on animals (n = 34) that were randomized to receive chest compressions in one of the two locations. Animals were hemorrhaged to mean arterial pressure <20 to simulate traumatic PEA. After 5 minutes of PEA, basic life support (BLS) with mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation was initiated and performed for 10 minutes followed by advanced life support for an additional 10 minutes. Hemodynamic variables were averaged over the final 2 minutes of BLS and advanced life support periods. RESULTS Six of the LV group (35%) achieved ROSC compared to eight of the traditional group (47%) (P = .73). There was an increase in aortic systolic blood pressure (P < .01), right atrial systolic blood pressure (P < .01), and right atrial diastolic blood pressure (P = .02) at the end of BLS in the LV group compared to the traditional group. CONCLUSIONS In our swine model of traumatic PEA, chest compressions performed directly over the LV improved blood pressures during BLS but not ROSC.
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- Kenton L Anderson
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, San Antonio Military Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234, USA
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- Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, CREST Research Program, Lackland AFB, TX 78236, USA
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- Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, CREST Research Program, Lackland AFB, TX 78236, USA
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- United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, San Antonio Military Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234, USA
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Hosomi S, Kitamura T, Sobue T, Zha L, Kiyohara K, Oda J. Epidemiology and Outcome of Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest after Traffic Collision in Japan: A Population-Based Study. J Clin Med 2022; 11:jcm11030831. [PMID: 35160282 PMCID: PMC8836665 DOI: 10.3390/jcm11030831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2021] [Revised: 01/29/2022] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The epidemiological and clinical characteristics, treatments, and outcomes of patients with traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCAs) following traffic collisions have not been adequately investigated in Japan. We analyzed the All-Japan Utstein Registry data of 918 pediatric patients aged < 20 years with OHCAs following traffic collisions who were resuscitated by bystanders or emergency medical service personnel and were subsequently transported to hospitals between 2013 and 2019. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to assess factors potentially associated with 1-month survival after OHCA. The 1-month survival rate was 3.3% (30/918), and the rate of neurologically favorable outcomes was 0.7% (60/918). The proportion of 1-month survival of all OHCAs after traffic collision origin did not significantly increase (from 1.9% (3/162) in 2013 to 4.5% (5/111) in 2019), and the adjusted odds ratio (OR) for a 1-year increment was 1.13 (95% confidence interval (CI) 0.93 to 1.37). In a multivariate analysis, ventricular fibrillation arrests and pulseless electrical activity (PEA) were significant predictors of 1-month outcome after OHCAs due to traffic collision. From a large OHCA registry in Japan, we demonstrated that 1-month survival after OHCAs due to traffic collision origin was approximately 3%, and some children even gained full recovery of neurological function.
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- Sanae Hosomi
- Department of Traumatology and Acute Critical Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 2-15, Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan; (S.H.); (J.O.)
- Division of Environmental Medicine and Population Sciences, Department of Social Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita 565-0871, Japan; (T.S.); (L.Z.)
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- Division of Environmental Medicine and Population Sciences, Department of Social Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita 565-0871, Japan; (T.S.); (L.Z.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-6-6879-3922
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- Division of Environmental Medicine and Population Sciences, Department of Social Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita 565-0871, Japan; (T.S.); (L.Z.)
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- Division of Environmental Medicine and Population Sciences, Department of Social Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita 565-0871, Japan; (T.S.); (L.Z.)
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- Department of Food Science, Faculty of Home Economics, Otsuma Women’s University, 12 Sanban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8357, Japan;
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- Department of Traumatology and Acute Critical Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 2-15, Yamada-oka, Suita 565-0871, Japan; (S.H.); (J.O.)
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Survival Trends in Adults with Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests after Traffic Collisions in Japan: A Population-Based Study. J Clin Med 2022; 11:jcm11030745. [PMID: 35160194 PMCID: PMC8837139 DOI: 10.3390/jcm11030745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Revised: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 01/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/07/2022] Open
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The 1-month survival rate from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) of cardiac origin has reportedly improved recently, at ≥5%. However, the characteristics of patients with OHCA after a traffic collision have not been adequately evaluated in Japan. We analyzed the All-Japan Utstein Registry data of 12,577 adult patients aged ≥ 20 years with OHCA due to traffic collisions who were resuscitated by emergency medical service personnel or bystanders and were then transported to medical institutions between 2013 and 2019. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to assess factors potentially associated with the 1-month survival rate after OHCA. The 1-month survival rate was 1.4% (174/12,577). The proportion of 1-month survival of all OHCAs after a traffic collision origin did not increase significantly (from 1.6% [30/1919] in 2013 to 1.8% [25/1702] in 2019), and the adjusted odds ratio for 1-year increments was 1.04 (95% confidence interval, 0.96–1.12). In multivariate analysis, men who received ventricular fibrillation, pulseless electrical activity, intravenous fluid replacement, or early emergency medical service response and had a traffic collision during daytime had significantly favorable 1-month outcomes. In Japan, the 1-month survival after OHCA of a traffic collision origin was lower than that of a cardiac origin and remains stable.
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Soni KD, Rai N, Aggarwal R, Trikha A. Outcomes of Trauma Victims with Cardiac Arrest Who Survived to Intensive Care Unit Admission in a Level 1 Apex Indian Trauma Centre: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Indian J Crit Care Med 2022; 25:1408-1412. [PMID: 35027802 PMCID: PMC8693116 DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The prognosis of patients with cardiac arrest following trauma is poor. Our objectives were: (1) to determine outcomes of patients following in-hospital cardiac arrest posttrauma and admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) and (2) to identify characteristics associated with in-hospital mortality. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a single-center retrospective analysis of patients admitted to ICU after resuscitation following in-hospital cardiac arrest between January 2017 and July 2018. Patients with isolated head injuries and multiple cardiac arrests were excluded. Bivariate analysis was done to determine a significant association between baseline characteristics and in-hospital mortality. RESULTS A total of 37 patients were included. About 35.1% of trauma subjects survived hospital discharge. Bivariate analysis showed positive association between admission Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) and Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) scores with in-hospital mortality. Other characteristics, such as age, duration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and serum lactate levels on admission, were not associated with in-hospital mortality. CONCLUSION Despite being at lower survival following a cardiac arrest after trauma, approximately one-third of the patients survived hospital discharge. This implies that aggressive support of this population is not necessarily futile. Optimization of postresuscitation physiological factors and their impacts on outcomes for these patients need further studies. HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE Soni KD, Rai N, Aggarwal R, Trikha A. Outcomes of Trauma Victims with Cardiac Arrest Who Survived to Intensive Care Unit Admission in a Level 1 Apex Indian Trauma Centre: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Indian J Crit Care Med 2021;25(12):1408-1412.
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- Kapil Dev Soni
- Department of Critical and Intensive Care, JPN Apex Trauma Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, KGMU, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Critical and Intensive Care, JPN Apex Trauma Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Nishimura T, Suga M, Nakao A, Ishihara S, Naito H. Prehospital advanced airway management of emergency medical
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trauma registry. Acute Med Surg 2022; 9:e786. [PMID: 36176323 PMCID: PMC9480901 DOI: 10.1002/ams2.786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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- Takeshi Nishimura
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences Okayama Japan
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Hyogo Emergency Medical Center Nishinomiya Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences Okayama Japan
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Hyogo Emergency Medical Center Nishinomiya Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences Okayama Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Hyogo Emergency Medical Center Nishinomiya Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences Okayama Japan
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Impact of Specific Emergency Measures on Survival in Out-of-Hospital Traumatic Cardiac Arrest. Prehosp Disaster Med 2021; 37:51-56. [PMID: 34915948 DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x21001308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The management of out-of-hospital traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) for professional rescuers entails Advanced Life Support (ALS) with specific actions to treat the potential reversible causes of the arrest: hypovolemia, hypoxemia, tension pneumothorax (TPx), and tamponade. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of specific rescue measures on short-term outcomes in the context of resuscitating patients with a TCA. METHODS This retrospective study concerns all TCA patients treated in two emergency medical units, which are part of the Northern French Alps Emergency Network (RENAU), from January 2004 through December 2017. Utstein variables and specific rescue measures in TCA were compiled: fluid expansion, pelvic stabilization, tourniquet application, bilateral thoracostomy, and thoracotomy procedures. The primary endpoint was survival rate at Day 30 with good neurological status (Cerebral Performance Category [CPC] score CPC 1 and CPC 2). RESULTS In total, 287 resuscitation attempts in TCA were included and 279 specific interventions were identified: 262 fluid expansions, 41 pelvic stabilizations, five tourniquets, and 175 bilateral thoracostomies (including 44 with TPx). CONCLUSION Among the standard resuscitation measures to treat the reversible causes of cardiac arrest, this study found that bilateral thoracostomy and tourniquet application on a limb hemorrhage improve survival in TCA. A larger sample for pelvic stabilization is needed.
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Fukuda T, Ohashi-Fukuda N, Sekiguchi H, Inokuchi R, Kukita I. Association of Nights and Weekends with Survival of Traumatic Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest following Traffic Collisions: Japanese Registry-Based Study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:ijerph182312769. [PMID: 34886494 PMCID: PMC8657123 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182312769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2021] [Revised: 11/27/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND The process of care for traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) may be different at night and on the weekend. However, little is known about whether the rate of survival after OHCA is affected by the time of day and day of the week. METHODS This observational study analyzed the Japanese government-led nationwide population-based registry data of OHCA patients. Patients who experienced traumatic OHCA following traffic collisions from 2013 to 2017 were included in the study. A multivariable logistic regression model was used to examine the association of both time of day (day/evening vs. night) and day of the week (weekday vs. weekend) with outcomes after traumatic OHCA. Night was defined as 23:00 p.m. to 6:59 a.m., and weekends were defined as Saturday and Sunday. The primary outcome was one-month survival. RESULTS A total of 8500 patients (mean [SD] age, 57.7 [22.3] years; 68.6% male) were included. 2267 events (26.7%) occurred at night, and 2482 events (29.2%) occurred on weekends. Overall, 173 patients (2.0%) survived one month after OHCA. After adjusting for potential confounders, one-month survival during the day/evening (148/6233 [2.4%]) was significantly higher than during the night (25/2267 [1.1%]) (adjusted OR, 1.95 [95%CI, 1.24-3.07]), whereas there was no significant difference in one-month survival between weekdays (121/6018 [2.0%]) and weekends (52/2482 [2.1%]) (adjusted OR, 0.97 [95%CI, 0.69-1.38]). CONCLUSIONS One-month survival after traumatic OHCA was significantly lower during the night than during the day/evening, although there was no difference in one-month survival between weekdays and weekends. Further studies are warranted to investigate the underlying mechanisms of decreased survival at night.
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- Tatsuma Fukuda
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan; (H.S.); (I.K.)
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo 105-8470, Japan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-98-895-1197
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- Department of Acute Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan;
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan; (H.S.); (I.K.)
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- Department of Health Services Research, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan;
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan; (H.S.); (I.K.)
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Doan TN, Wilson D, Rashford S, Sims L, Bosley E. Epidemiology, management and survival outcomes of adult out-of-hospital traumatic cardiac arrest due to blunt, penetrating or burn injury. Emerg Med J 2021; 39:111-117. [PMID: 34706899 DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2021-211723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 10/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BACKGROUND Survival from out-of-hospital traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) is poor. Regional variation exists regarding epidemiology, management and outcomes. Data on prognostic factors are scant. A better understanding of injury patterns and outcome determinants is key to identifying opportunities for survival improvement. METHODS Included were adult (≥18 years) out-of-hospital TCA due to blunt, penetrating or burn injury, who were attended by Queensland Ambulance Service paramedics between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2019. We compared the characteristics of patients who were pronounced dead on paramedic arrival and those receiving resuscitation from paramedics. Intra-arrest procedures were described for attempted-resuscitation patients. Survival up to 6 months postarrest was reported, and factors associated with survival were investigated. RESULTS 3891 patients were included; 2394 (61.5%) were pronounced dead on paramedic arrival and 1497 (38.5%) received resuscitation from paramedics. Most arrests (79.8%) resulted from blunt trauma. Motor vehicle collision (42.4%) and gunshot wound (17.7%) were the most common injury mechanisms in patients pronounced dead on paramedic arrival, whereas the most prevalent mechanisms in attempted-resuscitation patients were motor vehicle (31.3%) and motorcycle (20.6%) collisions. Among attempted-resuscitation patients, rates of transport and survival to hospital handover, to hospital discharge and to 6 months were 31.9%, 15.3%, 9.8% and 9.8%, respectively. Multivariable model showed that advanced airway management (adjusted OR 1.84; 95% CI 1.06 to 3.17), intravenous access (OR 5.04; 95% CI 2.43 to 10.45) and attendance of high acuity response unit (highly trained prehospital care clinicians) (OR 2.54; 95% CI 1.25 to 5.18) were associated with improved odds of survival to hospital handover. CONCLUSIONS By including all paramedic-attended patients, this study provides a more complete understanding of the epidemiology of out-of-hospital TCA. Contemporary survival rates from adult out-of-hospital TCA who receive resuscitation from paramedics may be higher than historically thought. Factors identified in this study as associated with survival may be useful to guide prognostication and treatment.
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- Tan N Doan
- Queensland Ambulance Service, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Queensland Ambulance Service, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Queensland Ambulance Service, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Queensland Ambulance Service, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,School of Clinical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Naito H, Yumoto T, Yorifuji T, Nojima T, Yamamoto H, Yamada T, Tsukahara K, Inaba M, Nishimura T, Uehara T, Nakao A. Association between emergency medical service transport time and survival in patients with traumatic cardiac arrest: a Nationwide retrospective observational study. BMC Emerg Med 2021; 21:104. [PMID: 34530735 PMCID: PMC8447624 DOI: 10.1186/s12873-021-00499-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2021] [Accepted: 08/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Background Patients with traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) are known to have poor prognoses. In 2003, the joint committee of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma proposed stopping unsuccessful cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) sustained for > 15 min after TCA. However, in 2013, a specific time-limit for terminating resuscitation was dropped, due to the lack of conclusive studies or data. We aimed to define the association between emergency medical services transport time and survival to demonstrate the survival curve of TCA. Methods A retrospective review of the Japan Trauma Data Bank. Inclusion criteria were age ≥ 16, at least one trauma with Abbreviated Injury Scale score (AIS) ≥ 3, and CPR performed in a prehospital setting. Exclusion criteria were burn injury, AIS score of 6 in any region, and missing data. Estimated survival rate and risk ratio for survival were analyzed according to transport time for all patients. Analysis was also performed separately on patients with sustained TCA at arrival. Results Of 292,027 patients in the database, 5336 were included in the study with 4141 sustained TCA. Their median age was 53 years (interquartile range (IQR) 36–70), and 67.2% were male. Their median Injury Severity Score was 29 (IQR 22–41), and median transport time was 11 min (IQR 6–17). Overall survival after TCA was 4.5%; however, survival of patients with sustained TCA at arrival was only 1.2%. The estimated survival rate and risk ratio for sustained TCA rapidly decreased after 15 min of transport time, with estimated survival falling below 1%. Conclusion The chances of survival for sustained TCA declined rapidly while the patient is transported with CPR support. Time should be one reasonable factor for considering termination of resuscitation in patients with sustained TCA, although clinical signs of life, and type and severity of trauma should be taken into account clinically.
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- Hiromichi Naito
- Department of Emergency, Critical Care, and Disaster Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-5-1 Shikatacho, Kitaku, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan.
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- Department of Emergency, Critical Care, and Disaster Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-5-1 Shikatacho, Kitaku, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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- Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Epidemiology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Emergency, Critical Care, and Disaster Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-5-1 Shikatacho, Kitaku, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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- Department of Emergency, Critical Care, and Disaster Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-5-1 Shikatacho, Kitaku, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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- Department of Emergency, Critical Care, and Disaster Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-5-1 Shikatacho, Kitaku, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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- Department of Emergency, Critical Care, and Disaster Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-5-1 Shikatacho, Kitaku, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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- Department of Emergency, Critical Care, and Disaster Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-5-1 Shikatacho, Kitaku, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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- Department of Emergency, Critical Care, and Disaster Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-5-1 Shikatacho, Kitaku, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan.,Hyogo Emergency Medical Center, Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency, Critical Care, and Disaster Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-5-1 Shikatacho, Kitaku, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan.,Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Emergency, Critical Care, and Disaster Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-5-1 Shikatacho, Kitaku, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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Lalande E, Burwash-Brennan T, Burns K, Harris T, Thomas S, Woo MY, Atkinson P. Is point-of-care ultrasound a reliable predictor of outcome during traumatic cardiac arrest? A systematic review and meta-analysis from the SHoC investigators. Resuscitation 2021; 167:128-136. [PMID: 34437998 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.08.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Revised: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/04/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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AIM Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has been shown to assist in predicting outcomes in cardiac arrest. We evaluated the test characteristics of POCUS in predicting poor outcomes: failure of return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), survival to hospital admission (SHA), survival to hospital discharge (SHD) and neurologically intact survival to hospital discharge (NISHD) in adult and paediatric patients with blunt and penetrating traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) in out-of-hospital or emergency department settings. METHODS We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis using the PRISMA guidelines. We searched Clinicaltrials.gov, CINAHL, Cochrane library, EMBASE, Medline and the World Health Organization-International Clinical Trials Registry from 1974 to November 9, 2020. Risk of bias was assessed using QUADAS-2 tool. We used a random-effects meta-analysis model with 95% confidence intervals with I2 statistics for heterogeneity. RESULTS We included 8 studies involving 710 cases of TCA. For all blunt and penetrating TCA patients who failed to achieve ROSC, the specificity (proportion of patients with cardiac activity on POCUS who achieved ROSC) was 98% (95% CI 0.13 to 1.0). The sensitivity (proportion of patients with cardiac standstill on POCUS who failed to achieve ROSC) was 91% (95% CI 0.67 to 0.98). No patient with cardiac standstill survived. Substantial level of heterogeneity was noted. CONCLUSIONS Patients in TCA without cardiac activity on POCUS have a high likelihood of death and negligible chance of SHD. The numbers of patients included in published studies remains too low for practice recommendations for termination of resuscitation based solely upon the absence of cardiac activity on POCUS.
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- Elizabeth Lalande
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Université Laval, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval, CHU de Québec, Québec, Québec, Canada.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Université de Montréal, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Oak Lawn, IL, USA; University of Illinois-Chicago, Department of Emergency Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
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- Emergency Medicine, Queen Mary University London, London, UK; Emergency Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
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- Queen Mary University, London, UK; Hamad General Hospital, Qatar.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ontario, Canada.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, Saint John Area, Horizon Health Network, Dalhousie Medicine, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Stolberg-Stolberg J, Katthagen JC, Hillemeyer T, Wiebe K, Koeppe J, Raschke MJ. Blunt Chest Trauma in Polytraumatized Patients: Predictive Factors for Urgent Thoracotomy. J Clin Med 2021; 10:jcm10173843. [PMID: 34501292 PMCID: PMC8432076 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10173843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Revised: 08/22/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Purpose: Current guidelines on urgent thoracotomy of polytraumatized patients are based on data from perforating chest injuries. We aimed to identify predictive factors for urgent thoracotomy after chest-tube placement for blunt chest trauma in a civilian setting. Methods: Polytraumatized patients (Injury Severity Score ≥16) with blunt chest trauma, submitted to a level I trauma centre during a period of 12 years that received at least one chest tube were included. Trauma mechanism, chest-tube output, haemoglobin values, need for cellular blood products, coagulopathies, rib fracture pattern, thoracotomy, and mortality were retrospectively analysed. Results: 235 polytraumatized patients were included. Patients that received urgent thoracotomy (UT, n = 10) showed a higher mean chest-tube output within 24 h with a median (Mdn) of 3865 (IQR 2423–5156) mL compared to the group with no additional thoracic surgery (NT, n = 225) with Mdn 185 (IQR 50–463) mL (p < 0.001). The cut-off 24-h chest-tube output value for recommended thoracotomy was 1270 mL (ROC-Curve). UT showed an initial haemoglobin of Mdn 11.7 (IQR 9.2–14.3) g/dL and an INR value of Mdn 1.27 (IQR 1.11–1.69) as opposed to Mdn 12.3 (IQR 10–13.9) g/dL and Mdn 1.13 (IQR 1.05–1.34) in NT (haemoglobin: p = 0.786; INR: p = 0.215). There was an average number of 7.1(±3.4) rib fractures in UT and 6.7(±4.8) in NT (p = 0.649). Conclusions: Chest-tube output remains the single most important predictive factor for urgent thoracotomy also after blunt chest trauma. Patients with a chest-tube output of more than 1300 mL within 24 h after trauma should be considered for transfer to a level I trauma centre with standby thoracic surgery.
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- Josef Stolberg-Stolberg
- Department of Trauma-, Hand- and Reconstructive Surgery, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, University Hospital Muenster, Building W1, 48149 Muenster, Germany; (J.C.K.); (M.J.R.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-251-83-59231
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- Department of Trauma-, Hand- and Reconstructive Surgery, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, University Hospital Muenster, Building W1, 48149 Muenster, Germany; (J.C.K.); (M.J.R.)
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Pain Medicine, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, University Hospital Muenster, Building A1, 48149 Muenster, Germany;
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- Section of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, University Hospital Muenster, Building A1, 48149 Muenster, Germany;
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- Institute of Biostatistics and Clinical Research, University of Muenster, Schmeddingstrasse 56, 48149 Muenster, Germany;
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- Department of Trauma-, Hand- and Reconstructive Surgery, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, University Hospital Muenster, Building W1, 48149 Muenster, Germany; (J.C.K.); (M.J.R.)
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Ariss AB, Bachir R, El Sayed M. Factors associated with survival in adult patients with traumatic arrest: a retrospective cohort study from US trauma centers. BMC Emerg Med 2021; 21:77. [PMID: 34225649 PMCID: PMC8256602 DOI: 10.1186/s12873-021-00473-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Accepted: 06/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Traumatic arrests increasingly affect young adults worldwide with low reported survival rates. This study examines factors associated with survival (to hospital discharge) in traumatic arrests transported to US trauma centers. Methods This retrospective cohort study used the US National Trauma Databank 2015 dataset and included patients who presented to trauma centers with “no signs of life”. Univariate and bivariate analyses were done. Factors associated with survival were identified using multivariate regression analyses. Results The study included 5980 patients with traumatic arrests. Only 664 patients (11.1%) survived to hospital discharge. Patients were predominantly in age group 16–64 (84.6%), were mostly males (77.8%) and white (55.1%). Most were admitted to Level I (55.5%) or Level II trauma centers (31.6%). Injuries were mostly blunt (56.7%) or penetrating (39.3%). The median of the injury severity score (ISS) was 19 (interquartile range [IQR]: 9–30). Factors associated with decreased survival included: Age group ≥ 65 (Ref: 16–24), male gender, self-inflicted and other or undetermined types of injuries (Ref: assault), injuries to head and neck, injuries to torso and ISS ≥ 16 (Ref: < 16) and ED thoracotomy. While factors associated with increased survival included: All injury mechanisms (with the exception of motor vehicle transportation) (Ref: firearm), injuries to extremities or spine and back and all methods of coverage (Ref: self-pay). Conclusion Patients with traumatic arrests have poor outcomes with only 11.1% surviving to hospital discharge. Factors associated with survival in traumatic arrests were identified. These findings are important for devising injury prevention strategies and help guide trauma management protocols to improve outcomes in traumatic arrests. Level of evidence Level III.
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- Abdel-Badih Ariss
- Department of Emergency Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Riad El Solh, P.O. Box - 11-0236, Beirut, 1107 2020, Lebanon
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Riad El Solh, P.O. Box - 11-0236, Beirut, 1107 2020, Lebanon
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Riad El Solh, P.O. Box - 11-0236, Beirut, 1107 2020, Lebanon. .,Emergency Medical Services and Prehospital Care Program, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
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Validation of a Visual-Based Analytics Tool for Outcome Prediction in Polytrauma Patients (WATSON Trauma Pathway Explorer) and Comparison with the Predictive Values of TRISS. J Clin Med 2021; 10:jcm10102115. [PMID: 34068849 PMCID: PMC8153591 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10102115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Revised: 05/03/2021] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Introduction: Big data-based artificial intelligence (AI) has become increasingly important in medicine and may be helpful in the future to predict diseases and outcomes. For severely injured patients, a new analytics tool has recently been developed (WATSON Trauma Pathway Explorer) to assess individual risk profiles early after trauma. We performed a validation of this tool and a comparison with the Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS), an established trauma survival estimation score. Methods: Prospective data collection, level I trauma centre, 1 January 2018–31 December 2019. Inclusion criteria: Primary admission for trauma, injury severity score (ISS) ≥ 16, age ≥ 16. Parameters: Age, ISS, temperature, presence of head injury by the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS). Outcomes: SIRS and sepsis within 21 days and early death within 72 h after hospitalisation. Statistics: Area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve for predictive quality, calibration plots for graphical goodness of fit, Brier score for overall performance of WATSON and TRISS. Results: Between 2018 and 2019, 107 patients were included (33 female, 74 male; mean age 48.3 ± 19.7; mean temperature 35.9 ± 1.3; median ISS 30, IQR 23–36). The area under the curve (AUC) is 0.77 (95% CI 0.68–0.85) for SIRS and 0.71 (95% CI 0.58–0.83) for sepsis. WATSON and TRISS showed similar AUCs to predict early death (AUC 0.90, 95% CI 0.79–0.99 vs. AUC 0.88, 95% CI 0.77–0.97; p = 0.75). The goodness of fit of WATSON (X2 = 8.19, Hosmer–Lemeshow p = 0.42) was superior to that of TRISS (X2 = 31.93, Hosmer–Lemeshow p < 0.05), as was the overall performance based on Brier score (0.06 vs. 0.11 points). Discussion: The validation supports previous reports in terms of feasibility of the WATSON Trauma Pathway Explorer and emphasises its relevance to predict SIRS, sepsis, and early death when compared with the TRISS method.
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Khalifa A, Avraham JB, Kramer KZ, Bajani F, Fu CY, Pires-Menard A, Kaminsky M, Bokhari F. Surviving traumatic cardiac arrest: Identification of factors associated with survival. Am J Emerg Med 2021; 43:83-87. [PMID: 33550103 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Revised: 01/09/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION The endpoint of resuscitative interventions after traumatic injury resulting in cardiopulmonary arrest varies across institutions and even among providers. The purpose of this study was to examine survival characteristics in patients suffering torso trauma with no recorded vital signs (VS) in the emergency department (ED). METHODS The National Trauma Data Bank was analyzed from 2007 to 2015. Inclusion criteria were patients with blunt and penetrating torso trauma without VS in the ED. Patients with head injuries, transfers from other hospitals, or those with missing values were excluded. The characteristics of survivors were evaluated, and statistical analyses performed. RESULTS A total of 24,191 torso trauma patients without VS were evaluated in the ED and 96.6% were declared dead upon arrival. There were 246 survivors (1%), and 73 (0.3%) were eventually discharged home. Of patients who responded to resuscitation (812), the survival rate was 30.3%. Injury severity score (ISS), penetrating mechanism (odds ratio [OR] 1.99), definitive chest (OR 1.59) and abdominal surgery (OR 1.49) were associated with improved survival. Discharge to home (or police custody) was associated with lower ISS (OR 0.975) and shorter ED time (OR 0.99). CONCLUSION Over a recent nine-year period in the United States, nearly 25,000 trauma patients were treated at trauma centers despite lack of VS. Of these patients, only 73 were discharged home. A trauma center would have to attempt over one hundred resuscitations of traumatic arrests to save one patient, confirming previous reports that highlight a grave prognosis. This creates a dilemma in treatment for front line workers and physicians with resource utilization and consideration of safety of exposure, particularly in the face of COVID-19.
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- Andrew Khalifa
- Department of Trauma and Burn Surgery, John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago IL, USA.
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- Department of Trauma and Burn Surgery, John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago IL, USA; Department of Surgery, Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston IL, USA.
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- Department of Trauma and Burn Surgery, John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago IL, USA; Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield MA, USA.
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- Department of Trauma and Burn Surgery, John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago IL, USA; Department of Surgery, Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana IL, USA.
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- Department of Trauma and Burn Surgery, John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago IL, USA; Department of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taiwan.
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- Department of Trauma and Burn Surgery, John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago IL, USA.
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- Department of Trauma and Burn Surgery, John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago IL, USA.
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- Department of Trauma and Burn Surgery, John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago IL, USA.
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Schön CA, Gordon L, Hölzl N, Milani M, Paal P, Zafren K. Determination of Death in Mountain Rescue: Recommendations of the International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MedCom). Wilderness Environ Med 2020; 31:506-520. [PMID: 33077333 DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2020.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2020] [Revised: 06/25/2020] [Accepted: 06/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Determination of death requires specific knowledge, training, and experience in most cases. It can be particularly difficult when external conditions, such as objective hazards in mountains, prevent close physical examination of an apparently lifeless person, or when examination cannot be accomplished by an authorized person. Guidelines exist, but proper use can be difficult. In addition to the absence of vital signs, definitive signs of death must be present. Recognition of definitive signs of death can be problematic due to the variability in time course and the possibility of mimics. Only clear criteria such as decapitation or detruncation should be used to determine death from a distance or by laypersons who are not medically trained. To present criteria that allow for accurate determination of death in mountain rescue situations, the International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine convened a panel of mountain rescue doctors and a forensic pathologist. These recommendations are based on a nonsystematic review of the literature including articles on determination of death and related topics.
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- Corinna A Schön
- International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MedCom), Zürich, Switzerland; Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
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- International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MedCom), Zürich, Switzerland; University Hospitals, Morecambe Bay Trust, Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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- International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MedCom), Zürich, Switzerland; Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Klinikum Immenstadt, Germany
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- International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MedCom), Zürich, Switzerland; Corpo Nazionale Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico, National Medical School (CNSAS SNaMed), Milan, Italy
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- International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MedCom), Zürich, Switzerland; Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Hospitallers Brothers Hospital, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MedCom), Zürich, Switzerland; Department of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA; Department of Emergency Medicine, Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage, AK
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Barringer BJ, Castaneda MG, Rall J, Maddry JK, Anderson KL. The Effect of Chest Compression Location and Aortic Perfusion in a Traumatic Arrest Model. J Surg Res 2020; 258:88-99. [PMID: 33002666 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2020.08.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2020] [Revised: 08/17/2020] [Accepted: 08/25/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Recent evidence demonstrates that closed chest compressions directly over the left ventricle (LV) in a traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) model improve hemodynamics and return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) when compared to traditional compressions. Selective aortic arch perfusion (SAAP) also improves hemodynamics and controls hemorrhage in TCA. We hypothesized that chest compressions located over the LV would result in improved hemodynamics and ROSC in a swine model of TCA using SAAP. MATERIALS AND METHODS Transthoracic echo was used to mark the location of the aortic root (Traditional location) and the center of the LV on animals (n = 24), which were randomized to receive chest compressions in one of the two locations. After hemorrhage, ventricular fibrillation (VF) was induced to simulate TCA. After a period of 10 min of VF, basic life support (BLS) with mechanical CPR was initiated and performed for 10 min, followed by advanced life support (ALS) for an additional 10 min. SAAP balloons were inflated at min 6 of BLS. Hemodynamic variables were averaged over the final 2 min of the BLS and ALS periods. Survival was compared between this SAAP cohort and a control group without SAAP (No-SAAP) (n = 26). RESULTS There was no significant difference in ROSC between the two SAAP groups (P = 0.67). There was no ROSC difference between SAAP and No-SAAP (P = 0.74). CONCLUSIONS There was no difference in ROSC between LV and Traditional compressions when SAAP was used in this swine model of TCA. SAAP did not confer a survival benefit compared to historical controls.
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- Benjamin J Barringer
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
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- CREST Research Program, Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Lackland AFB, Texas
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- CREST Research Program, Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Lackland AFB, Texas
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- United States Air Force En-route Care Research Center, United States Army Institute of Surgical Research/59th MDW/ST, San Antonio, Texas
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California.
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Yamamoto R, Suzuki M, Funabiki T, Nishida Y, Maeshima K, Sasaki J. Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta and traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A nationwide study. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open 2020; 1:624-632. [PMID: 33000081 PMCID: PMC7493555 DOI: 10.1002/emp2.12177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2020] [Revised: 04/29/2020] [Accepted: 06/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) is a less-invasive method for temporary hemostasis compared with cross-clamping the aorta through resuscitative thoracotomy (RT). Although the survival benefits of REBOA remained unclear, pathophysiological benefits were identified in patients with traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (t-OHCA). We examined the clinical outcomes of t-OHCA with the hypothesis that REBOA would be associated with higher survival to discharge compared with RT. METHODS A retrospective cohort study was conducted using the Japan Trauma Data Bank (2004-2019). Adult patients with t-OHCA who had arrived without a palpable pulse and undergone aortic occlusion were included. Patients were divided into REBOA or RT groups, and propensity scores were developed using age, mechanism of injury, presence of signs of life, presence of severe head and/or chest injury, Injury Severity Score, and transportation time. Inverse probability weighting by propensity scores was performed to compare survival to discharge between the 2 groups. RESULTS Among 13,247 patients with t-OHCA, 1483 were included in this study. A total of 144 (9.7%) patients were treated with REBOA, and 5 of 144 (3.5%) in the REBOA group and 10 of 1339 (0.7%) in the RT group survived to discharge. The use of REBOA was significantly associated with increased survival to discharge (odds ratio, 4.78; 95% confidence interval, 1.61-14.19), which was confirmed by inverse probability weighting (adjusted odds ratio, 3.73; 95% confidence interval, 1.90-7.32). CONCLUSIONS REBOA for t-OHCA was associated with higher survival to discharge. These results should be validated by further research.
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- Ryo Yamamoto
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care MedicineKeio University School of MedicineShinjukuTokyoJapan
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- Department of Emergency MedicineTokyo Dental CollegeIchikawa General HospitalIchikawaChibaJapan
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- Department of Trauma and Emergency SurgerySaiseikai Yokohamashi Tobu HospitalTsurumikuYokohamaKanagawaJapan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care MedicineKeio University School of MedicineShinjukuTokyoJapan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care MedicineKeio University School of MedicineShinjukuTokyoJapan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care MedicineKeio University School of MedicineShinjukuTokyoJapan
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Anderson KL, Morgan JD, Castaneda MG, Boudreau SM, Araña AA, Kohn MA, Bebarta VS. The Effect of Chest Compression Location and Occlusion of the Aorta in a Traumatic Arrest Model. J Surg Res 2020; 254:64-74. [PMID: 32417498 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2020.03.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2019] [Revised: 03/03/2020] [Accepted: 03/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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BACKGROUND Recent evidence demonstrates that closed chest compressions directly over the left ventricle (LV) in a traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) model improve hemodynamics and return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) when compared with traditional compressions. Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) also improves hemodynamics and controls hemorrhage in TCA. We hypothesized that chest compressions located over the LV would result in improved hemodynamics and ROSC in a swine model of TCA using REBOA. MATERIALS AND METHODS Transthoracic echo was used to mark the location of the aortic root (traditional location) and the center of the LV on animals (n = 26), which were randomized to receive chest compressions in one of the two locations. After hemorrhage, ventricular fibrillation was induced to simulate TCA. After a period of 10 min of ventricular fibrillation, basic life support (BLS) with mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation was initiated and performed for 10 min followed by advanced life support for an additional 10 min. REBOA balloons were inflated at 6 min into BLS. Hemodynamic variables were averaged during the final 2 min of the BLS and advanced life support periods. Survival was compared between this REBOA cohort and a control group without REBOA (no-REBOA cohort) (n = 26). RESULTS There was no significant difference in ROSC between the two REBOA groups (P = 0.24). Survival was higher with REBOA group versus no-REBOA group (P = 0.02). CONCLUSIONS There was no difference in ROSC between LV and traditional compressions when REBOA was used in this swine model of TCA. REBOA conferred a survival benefit regardless of compression location.
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- Kenton L Anderson
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California.
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- CREST Research Program, Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Lackland AFB, Bexar County, Texas
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- CREST Research Program, Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Lackland AFB, Bexar County, Texas
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- United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado
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POCUS predicts prognosis in cardiac arrest. CAN J EMERG MED 2019; 21:689-690. [PMID: 31771688 DOI: 10.1017/cem.2019.436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Shibahashi K, Sugiyama K, Hamabe Y. Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Traumatic Cardiopulmonary Arrest After Traffic Accidents and Termination of Resuscitation. Ann Emerg Med 2019; 75:57-65. [PMID: 31327568 DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2019.05.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Revised: 05/24/2019] [Accepted: 05/29/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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STUDY OBJECTIVE We describe the characteristics and outcomes of pediatric traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest after traffic accidents and validate the termination of resuscitation clinical criteria for adult traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in pediatrics. METHODS We analyzed the records of pediatric (≤18 years) traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest cases after traffic accidents in a prospectively collected nationwide database (2012 to 2016). Endpoints were 1-month favorable neurologic outcomes and 1-month survival. Validation of termination of resuscitation criteria, cardiac arrest at the scene, and unsuccessful resuscitation after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) greater than 15 minutes was performed based on specificity and positive predictive value. RESULTS Of the 582 patients who were eligible for analyses, 8 (1.4%) and 20 (3.4%) had 1-month favorable neurologic outcome and survival, respectively. All patients with favorable neurologic outcomes had out-of-hospital return of spontaneous circulation, and the duration of CPR was significantly shorter than for those with unfavorable neurologic outcomes (4 versus 23 minutes; absolute difference -21.9 minutes; 95% confidence interval -36.3 to -7.4 minutes). The duration of out-of-hospital CPR beyond which the possibility of favorable neurologic outcomes and survival diminished to less than 1% was 15 minutes. For predicting unfavorable neurologic outcomes, the termination of resuscitation criteria provided a specificity of 1.00 (95% confidence interval 0.52 to 1.00) and a positive predictive value of 1.00 (95% confidence interval 0.99 to 1.00). CONCLUSION The outcomes of pediatric patients with traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest after traffic accidents were as poor as those of adults in previous studies. Out-of-hospital return of spontaneous circulation was a significant indicator of favorable outcomes, and the duration of out-of-hospital CPR beyond which the possibility of favorable neurologic outcomes and survival diminished to less than 1% was 15 minutes. Termination of resuscitation criteria provided an excellent positive predictive value for 1-month unfavorable neurologic outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
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- Keita Shibahashi
- Tertiary Emergency Medical Center, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Tertiary Emergency Medical Center, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Tertiary Emergency Medical Center, Tokyo Metropolitan Bokutoh Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Association of Prehospital Epinephrine Administration With Survival Among Patients With Traumatic Cardiac Arrest Caused By Traffic Collisions. Sci Rep 2019; 9:9922. [PMID: 31289342 PMCID: PMC6616542 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-46460-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2019] [Accepted: 06/28/2019] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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For traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA), the effect of prehospital epinephrine administration was unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between prehospital epinephrine administration and survival in patients with TCA caused by traffic collisions. We conducted a nationwide, prospective, population-based observational study involving patients who experienced out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) by using the All-Japan Utstein Registry. Blunt trauma patients with TCA who received prehospital epinephrine were compared with those who did not receive prehospital epinephrine. The primary outcome was 1-month survival of patients. The secondary outcome was prehospital return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). A total of 5,204 patients with TCA were analyzed. Of those, 758 patients (14.6%) received prehospital epinephrine (Epinephrine group), whereas the remaining 4,446 patients (85.4%) did not receive prehospital epinephrine (No epinephrine group). Eleven (1.5%) and 41 (0.9%) patients in the Epinephrine and No epinephrine groups, respectively, survived for 1 month. In addition, 74 (9.8%) and 40 (0.9%) patients achieved prehospital ROSC in the Epinephrine and No epinephrine groups, respectively. In multivariable logistic regression models, prehospital epinephrine administration was not associated with 1-month survival (odds ratio [OR] 1.495, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.758 to 2.946) and was associated with prehospital ROSC (OR 3.784, 95% CI 2.102 to 6.812). A propensity score-matched analysis showed similar results for 1-month survival (OR 2.363, 95% CI 0.606 to 9,223) and prehospital ROSC (OR 6.870, 95% CI 3.326 to 14.192). Prehospital epinephrine administration in patients with TCA was not associated with 1-month survival, but was beneficial in regard to prehospital ROSC.
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Lalande E, Burwash-Brennan T, Burns K, Atkinson P, Lambert M, Jarman B, Lamprecht H, Banerjee A, Woo MY, Connolly J, Hoffmann B, Nelson B, Noble V. Is point-of-care ultrasound a reliable predictor of outcome during atraumatic, non-shockable cardiac arrest? A systematic review and meta-analysis from the SHoC investigators. Resuscitation 2019; 139:159-166. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2019.03.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Revised: 03/06/2019] [Accepted: 03/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Manley NR, Holley JE, Martin LJC, Stavely TC, Croce MA, Fischer PE. Survival after Prehospital Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: A Comparison of Isolated Head and Non–Head-Penetrating Injuries. Am Surg 2019. [DOI: 10.1177/000313481908500303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Nathan R. Manley
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, Tennessee
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- University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, Tennessee
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- University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, Tennessee
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Anderson KL, Mora AG, Bloom AD, Maddry JK, Bebarta VS. Cardiac massage for trauma patients in the battlefield: An assessment for survivors. Resuscitation 2019; 138:20-27. [PMID: 30825551 DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2019.02.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2018] [Revised: 02/14/2019] [Accepted: 02/18/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Survival from traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest (TCA) has been reported at a rate as low as 0-2.6% in the civilian pre-hospital setting, and many consider resuscitation of this group to be futile. The aim of this investigation was to describe patients who received cardiac massage during TCA in a battlefield setting; we also aimed to identify predictors of survival. METHODS We conducted a review of the Department of Defense Trauma Registry to identify patients who received cardiac massage in the battlefield between 2007 and 2014. Patients were also grouped according to location of cardiac arrest: pre-hospital (PH) and in-hospital (IH). The groups were compared and evaluated by injury, transport time, type of resuscitation, and pre-hospital procedures. Outcome variables included survival to discharge and 30-day survival. Categorical variables were analysed using chi-square or Fisher's exact tests. Wilcoxon tests were performed for continuous variables. Regression modelling was used to assess for predictors of survival. RESULTS 75 of all 582 patients (13%, 95% CI 10-16) survived to 30 days, and all survivors were transported out of the battlefield; 23 PH (7.8%, 95% CI 5.2-12) and 52 IH (17%, 95% CI 13-22) patients survived to 30 days (p < 0.001). Closed-chest cardiac massage with the administration of intravenous medications was associated with 30-day survival among IH patients. CONCLUSIONS We report a 13% survival to 30 days among all patients receiving cardiac massage in a battlefield setting. Closed-chest cardiac massage predicted survival among IH TCA victims who also received intravenous medications in this review of combat-related TCA.
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- Kenton L Anderson
- Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, 900 Welch Road, Suite 350, Palo Alto, CA 94304, United States.
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- United States Air Force 59th MDW/ST, Enroute Care Research Center - United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, 3698 Chambers Pass, Building 3610, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234, United States
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- San Antonio Military Medical Center, 3551 Roger Brooke Drive, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234, United States
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- United States Air Force 59th MDW/ST, Enroute Care Research Center - United States Army Institute of Surgical Research, 3698 Chambers Pass, Building 3610, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234, United States; San Antonio Military Medical Center, 3551 Roger Brooke Drive, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234, United States
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- University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Campus Box B-215, 1240 E. 17th Avenue, Aurora, CO 80045, United States
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Ethical Considerations in Trauma Resuscitation. Int Anesthesiol Clin 2019; 55:68-77. [PMID: 28598881 DOI: 10.1097/aia.0000000000000146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Can the emergency department sustain the first strike? Experience from the 2016 earthquake in Tainan. HONG KONG J EMERG ME 2019. [DOI: 10.1177/1024907918770091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background: After the main shock of a major earthquake, casualties cluster in a short period and may overwhelm the capacities of health care facilities. An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 on the Richter scale struck Tainan City causing 117 fatalities and 513 injuries. Objectives: We conducted a retrospective study to review the medical records of emergency department after the attack of earthquake. The aim of this study was delineating the medical resource requirements after the disaster. Methods: We reviewed the medical records of patients admitted to the emergency department of Chi Mei Medical Center. Each chart indicating that the emergency department visit was earthquake-related was reviewed. After the earthquake struck, the Chi Mei Medical Center mobilized off-duty staff through a preset 333 code. Subsequently, routine surgeries and nonurgent admissions were postponed to reserve the maximal capacity for wounded patients. Results: A total of 150 patients were reviewed during the study period. In all, 25 cases (23.8%) required admission, and 9 of them (8.6%) were admitted to the intensive care unit. Patients with earthquake-related injuries constituted 62.8% of all traumatic patients in the 24-h aftermath. The requirements for wound sutures, blood component transfusion, numbers of radiographic/computed tomographic scans, and invasive procedures increased dramatically (earthquake-related/total: 66.0%, 30.0%, 72.1%/57.4%, and 47.7%, respectively). Conclusion: Patients with earthquake-related injuries arrived at the emergency department soon after the earthquake occurred and substantial emergency department resources were utilized in the 24-h aftermath. Each hospital should have a preset mobilization signal to call in off-duty workers to treat casualties resulting from the main shock of an earthquake. Subsequently, hospital-based mobilization should be initiated to provide comprehensive care to severely injured patients.
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Chen YC, Wu KH, Hsiao KY, Hung MS, Lai YC, Chen YS, Chang CY. Factors associated with outcomes in traumatic cardiac arrest patients without prehospital return of spontaneous circulation. Injury 2019; 50:4-9. [PMID: 30033165 DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2018.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2018] [Revised: 06/26/2018] [Accepted: 07/14/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Prognostic factors for the outcomes in traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) patients transported to hospitals without prehospital return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) remain uncertain. The aim of this study is to investigate factors associated with outcomes in TCA patients without prehospital ROSC. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study using a multi-institutional, 5-year database. Only TCA patients without prehospital ROSC were included. The primary outcome was ROSC in the emergency department (ED), and the secondary outcome was 30-day survival. Logistic regression analysis was performed to determine the factors associated with primary and secondary outcomes. RESULTS Among 463 TCA patients, 73 (16%) had ROSC during ED resuscitation, and among those with sustained ROSC, 10 (14%) survived for at least 30 days. Injury severity score ≧ 16 (OR, 0.06; 95% CI: 0.02-0.20), trauma center admission (OR, 2.69; 95% CI: 1.03-7.03), length of ED resuscitation (OR, 0.98; 95% CI: 0.96-0.99), and total resuscitation length > 20 min (OR, 0.21; 95% CI: 0.08-0.54) were associated with ROSC. CONCLUSIONS In TCA patients transported to hospitals without prehospital ROSC, resuscitation attempts could be beneficial. We should aim to resuscitate patients as soon as possible with appropriate treatments for trauma patients, early activation of trauma team, and then, as a result, shorter resuscitation time will be achieved.
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- Yi-Chuan Chen
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No. 6, W. Sec., Jiapu Rd., Puzih City, Chiayi County 613, Taiwan; Department of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Chiayi Campus, Chiayi, Taiwan.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No. 6, W. Sec., Jiapu Rd., Puzih City, Chiayi County 613, Taiwan.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No. 6, W. Sec., Jiapu Rd., Puzih City, Chiayi County 613, Taiwan; Department of Nursing, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Chiayi Campus, Chiayi, Taiwan.
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- Division of Thoracic Oncology, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No. 6, W. Sec., Jiapu Rd., Puzih City, Chiayi County 613, Taiwan; Chang Gung University College of Medicine, No. 5, Fusing St., Gueishan Township, Taoyuan County 333, Taiwan.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No. 6, W. Sec., Jiapu Rd., Puzih City, Chiayi County 613, Taiwan.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No. 6, W. Sec., Jiapu Rd., Puzih City, Chiayi County 613, Taiwan.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No. 6, W. Sec., Jiapu Rd., Puzih City, Chiayi County 613, Taiwan.
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Liu S, Xu J, Gao Y, Shen P, Xia S, Li Z, Zhang M. Multi-organ protection of ulinastatin in traumatic cardiac arrest model. World J Emerg Surg 2018; 13:51. [PMID: 30459824 PMCID: PMC6233498 DOI: 10.1186/s13017-018-0212-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2018] [Accepted: 10/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Background Post-cardiac arrest syndrome, which has no specific curative treatment, contributes to the high mortality rate of victims who suffer traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) and initially can be resuscitated. In the present study, we investigated the potential of ulinastatin to mitigate multiple organ injury after resuscitation in a swine TCA model. Methods Twenty-one male pigs were subjected to hemodynamic shock (40% estimated blood loss in 20 min) followed by cardiac arrest (electrically induced ventricular fibrillation) and respiratory suspension for 5 min, and finally manual resuscitation. At 5 min after resuscitation, pigs were randomized to receive 80,000 U/kg ulinastatin (n = 7) or the same volume of saline (n = 9) in the TCA group. Pigs in the sham group (n = 5) were not exposed to bleeding or cardiac arrest. At baseline and at 1, 3, and 6 h after the return of spontaneous circulation, blood samples were collected and assayed for tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interleukin 6, and other indicators of organ injury. At 24 h after resuscitation, pigs were sacrificed and apoptosis levels were assessed in samples of heart, brain, kidney, and intestine. Results One pig died in the ulinastatin group and one pig died in the TCA group; the remaining animals were included in the final analysis. TCA and resuscitation caused significant increases in multiple organ function biomarkers in serum, increases in tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and interleukin 6 in serum and increases in the extent of apoptosis in key organs. All these increases were lower in the ulinastatin group. Conclusion Ulinastatin may attenuate multiple organ injury after TCA, which should be explored in clinical studies. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13017-018-0212-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Shaoyun Liu
- 1Department of Emergency Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, No. 88 Jiefang road, Hangzhou, 310009 China.,2Institute of Emergency Medicine, Zhejiang University, No. 88 Jiefang road, Hangzhou, 310009 China
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- 1Department of Emergency Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, No. 88 Jiefang road, Hangzhou, 310009 China.,2Institute of Emergency Medicine, Zhejiang University, No. 88 Jiefang road, Hangzhou, 310009 China.,3Department of Emergency Medicine, Yuyao People's Hospital, Medical School of Ningbo University, Yuyao, 315400 China
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- 1Department of Emergency Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, No. 88 Jiefang road, Hangzhou, 310009 China.,2Institute of Emergency Medicine, Zhejiang University, No. 88 Jiefang road, Hangzhou, 310009 China
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- 1Department of Emergency Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, No. 88 Jiefang road, Hangzhou, 310009 China.,2Institute of Emergency Medicine, Zhejiang University, No. 88 Jiefang road, Hangzhou, 310009 China.,4Department of Emergency Medicine, The First Hospital of Jiaxing/The First Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, 314000 China
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- 1Department of Emergency Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, No. 88 Jiefang road, Hangzhou, 310009 China.,2Institute of Emergency Medicine, Zhejiang University, No. 88 Jiefang road, Hangzhou, 310009 China.,5Department of Emergency Medicine, Huzhou Central Hospital, Huzhou, 313000 China
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- 3Department of Emergency Medicine, Yuyao People's Hospital, Medical School of Ningbo University, Yuyao, 315400 China
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- 1Department of Emergency Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, No. 88 Jiefang road, Hangzhou, 310009 China.,2Institute of Emergency Medicine, Zhejiang University, No. 88 Jiefang road, Hangzhou, 310009 China
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Anderson KL, Fiala KC, Castaneda MG, Boudreau SM, Araña AA, Bebarta VS. Left ventricular compressions improve return of spontaneous circulation and hemodynamics in a swine model of traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2018; 85:303-310. [PMID: 29613954 DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000001901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Prehospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation, including closed chest compressions, has commonly been considered ineffective in traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest (TCPA) because traditional chest compressions do not produce substantial cardiac output. However, recent evidence suggests that chest compressions located over the left ventricle (LV) produce greater hemodynamics when compared to traditional compressions. We hypothesized that chest compressions located directly over the LV would improve return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and hemodynamics when compared with traditional chest compressions, in a swine model of TCPA. METHODS Transthoracic echocardiography was used to mark the location of the aortic root (traditional compressions), and the center of the LV on animals (n = 26) which were randomized to receive chest compressions in one of the two locations. After hemorrhage, ventricular fibrillation was induced. After 10 minutes of ventricular fibrillation, basic life support (BLS) with mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation was initiated and performed for 10 minutes followed by advanced life support (ALS) for an additional 10 minutes. During BLS, the area of maximal compression was verified using transesophageal echocardiography. Hemodynamic variables were averaged over the final 2 minutes of the BLS and ALS periods. RESULTS Five (38%) of the LV group achieved ROSC compared with zero of the aortic root group (p = 0.04). Additionally, there was an increase in aortic systolic blood pressure (SBP), aortic diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and coronary perfusion pressure (CPP) at the end of both the BLS (95% confidence interval, SBP, -49 to -21; DBP, -14 to -5.6; and CPP, -15 to -7.4) and ALS (95% confidence interval: SBP, -66 to -21; DBP, -49 to -6.8; and CPP, -51 to -7.5) resuscitation periods among the LV group. CONCLUSION In our swine model of TCPA, chest compressions performed directly over the LV improved ROSC and hemodynamics when compared with traditional chest compressions.
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- Kenton L Anderson
- From the Department of Emergency Medicine (K.L.A.), Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California; Department of Emergency Medicine (K.C.F.), Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington; CREST Research Program (M.G.C., S.M.B.), Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Lackland AFB, Texas; US Air Force En Route Care Research Center, United States Army Institute of Surgical Research (A.A.A.), Fort Sam Houston, Texas; and Department of Emergency Medicine (V.S.B.), University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado
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Fukuda T, Ohashi-Fukuda N, Kondo Y, Hayashida K, Kukita I. Association of Prehospital Advanced Life Support by Physician With Survival After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest With Blunt Trauma Following Traffic Collisions: Japanese Registry-Based Study. JAMA Surg 2018; 153:e180674. [PMID: 29710068 DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2018.0674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Importance Controversy remains as to whether advanced life support (ALS) or basic life support (BLS) is superior for critically ill and injured patients, including out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and major trauma, in the prehospital setting. Objective To assess whether prehospital ALS should be provided for traumatic OHCA and who should perform it. Design, Setting, and Participants Japanese government-managed nationwide population-based registry data of patients with OHCA transported to an emergency hospital were analyzed. Patients who experienced traumatic OHCA following a traffic collision from 2013 to 2014 were included. Patients provided prehospital ALS by a physician were compared with both patients provided ALS by emergency medical service (EMS) personnel and patients with only BLS. The data were analyzed on May 1, 2017. Exposures Advanced life support by physician, ALS by EMS personnel, or BLS only. Main Outcomes and Measures The primary outcome was 1-month survival. The secondary outcomes were prehospital return of spontaneous circulation and favorable neurologic outcomes with the Glasgow-Pittsburgh cerebral performance category score of 1 or 2. Results A total of 4382 patients were included (mean [SD] age, 57.5 [22.2] years; 67.9% male); 828 (18.9%) received prehospital ALS by physician, 1591 (36.3%) received prehospital ALS by EMS personnel, and 1963 (44.8%) received BLS only. Among these patients, 96 (2.2%) survived 1 month after OHCA, including 26 of 828 (3.1%) for ALS by physician, 25 of 1591 (1.6%) for ALS by EMS personnel, and 45 of 1963 (2.3%) for BLS. After adjusting for potential confounders using multivariable logistic regression, ALS by physician was significantly associated with higher odds for 1-month survival compared with both ALS by EMS personnel and BLS (adjusted OR, 2.13; 95% CI, 1.20-3.78; and adjusted OR, 1.94; 95% CI, 1.14-3.25; respectively), whereas there was no significant difference between ALS by EMS personnel and BLS (adjusted OR, 0.91; 95% CI, 0.54-1.51). A propensity score-matched analysis in the ALS cohort showed that ALS by physician was associated with increased chance of 1-month survival compared with ALS by EMS personnel (risk ratio, 2.00; 95% CI, 1.01-3.97; P = .04). This association was consistent across a variety of sensitivity analyses. Conclusions and Relevance In traumatic OHCA, ALS by physician was associated with increased chance of 1-month survival compared with both ALS by EMS personnel and BLS.
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- Tatsuma Fukuda
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan.,Center for Resuscitation Science, Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan.,Division of Acute Care Surgery, Trauma, and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
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Moskowitz EE, Burlew CC, Kulungowski AM, Bensard DD. Survival after emergency department thoracotomy in the pediatric trauma population: a review of published data. Pediatr Surg Int 2018; 34:857-860. [PMID: 29876644 DOI: 10.1007/s00383-018-4290-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE The utility of EDT in the adult trauma population, using well-defined guidelines, is well established, especially for penetrating injuries. Since the introduction of these guidelines, reports on the use of EDT for pediatric trauma have been published, and these series reveal a dismal, almost universally fatal, outcome for EDT following blunt trauma in the child. This report reviews the clinical outcomes of EDT in the pediatric population. MATERIALS/METHODS We performed a review of EDT in the pediatric population using the published data from 1980 to 2017. Variables extracted included mechanism of injury and mortality. To minimize bias, single case reports were not included in the review. RESULTS Upon review of four decades of published literature on the use of emergency department thoracotomy (EDT) in the pediatric population, mortality rates are comparable between adults and pediatric patients for penetrating thoracic trauma. In contrast, in pediatric patients sustaining blunt trauma, no patient under the age of 15 has survived. CONCLUSION In patients between 0 and 14 years of age presenting with no signs of life following blunt trauma, withholding EDT should be considered. Patients between the ages of 15 and 18 should be treated in accordance with adult ATLS principles for the management of thoracic trauma. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Level IV.
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- Eliza E Moskowitz
- Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center and the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of Colorado, 12631 E. 17th Ave., C302, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center and the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of Colorado, 12631 E. 17th Ave., C302, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center and the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of Colorado, 12631 E. 17th Ave., C302, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center and the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, USA.
- Department of Surgery, University of Colorado, 12631 E. 17th Ave., C302, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA.
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Yamamoto R, Suzuki M, Nakama R, Kase K, Sekine K, Kurihara T, Sasaki J. Impact of cardiopulmonary resuscitation time on the effectiveness of emergency department thoracotomy after blunt trauma. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 2018; 45:697-704. [PMID: 29855670 DOI: 10.1007/s00068-018-0967-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2018] [Accepted: 05/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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PURPOSE Debate remains about the threshold cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) duration associated with futile emergency department thoracotomy (EDT). To validate the CPR duration associated with favorable outcomes, we investigated the relationship between CPR duration and return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after EDT in blunt trauma. METHODS A retrospective observational study was conducted at three tertiary centers over the last 7 years. We included bluntly injured adults who were pulseless and required EDT at presentation, but excluded those with devastating head injuries. After multivariate logistic regression identified the CRP duration as an independent predictor of ROSC, receiver operating characteristic curves were used to determine the threshold CPR duration. Patient data were divided into short- and long-duration CPR groups based on this threshold, and we developed a propensity score to estimate assignment to the short-duration CPR group. The ROSC rates were compared between groups after matching. RESULTS Forty patients were eligible for this study and ROSC was obtained in 12. The CPR duration was independently associated with the achievement of ROSC [odds ratio 1.18; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.01-1.37, P = 0.04], and the threshold CPR duration was 17 min. Among the 14 patients with a short CPR duration, 13 matched with the patients with a long CPR duration, and a short CPR duration was significantly associated with higher rates of ROSC (odds ratio 8.80; 95% CI 1.35-57.43, P = 0.02). CONCLUSIONS A CPR duration < 17 min is independently associated with higher ROSC rates in patients suffering blunt trauma.
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- Ryo Yamamoto
- Trauma Service, Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Tokyo Dental College, Ichikawa General Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Saiseikai Utsunomiya Hospital, Tochigi, Japan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Saiseikai Utsunomiya Hospital, Tochigi, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tokyo Saiseikai Central Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Hung TY, Hsu CC, Chen KT. Clinical Manifestations and Effects of In-Hospital Resuscitative Procedures in Patients with Traumatic Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest from Three Hospitals in Southern Taiwan. J Acute Med 2018; 8:17-21. [PMID: 32995197 DOI: 10.6705/j.jacme.201803_8(1).0003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND The prognosis of patients with traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (TOHCA) is poor. Few studies have evaluated whether the commonly conducted in-hospital resuscitative interventions have beneficial effects on the return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) and survival rate in patients with TOHCA. Therefore, we conducted a retrospective study to reveal the clinical manifestations of patients with TOHCA in Southern Taiwan and evaluate the effectiveness of variouscommon in-hospital interventions in these patients. METHODS This retrospective chart review of patients with TOHCA was conducted in three hospitals in Southern Taiwan between January 1, 2014, and December 31, 2016, to demonstrate the characteristics of patients with TOHCA and compare the differences in in-hospital interventions before ROSC between ROSC and non-ROSC groups. RESULTS In total, 272 patients with TOHCA were reviewed; their average age was 50.7 years, and men constituted the predominant sex (73.2%). Moreover, 91 patients (33.5%) experienced at least transient ROSC, 40 patients (14.7%) were admitted to hospitals, and 4 patients (1.5%) survived to hospital discharge. The ROSC and non-ROSC groups did not differ in in-hospital interventions, including chest tube and central venous catheter insertions, defibrillation, and pressor infusion. However, the non-ROSC group had a higher rate of transfusion than the ROSC group (17.7% vs. 6.6%, p = 0.015). CONCLUSION The outcomes of patients with TOHCA in Southern Taiwan remained dismal. None of the in-hospital interventions, including blood transfusion, chest tube and central venous catheter insertions, defibrillation, and pressor infusion, were determined to be beneficial for patients with TOHCA. We suggest that these in-hospital interventions should not be routinely performed in every patient with TOHCA.
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- Tzu-Yun Hung
- Chi Mei Medical Center Emergency Department Tainan Taiwan
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- Chi Mei Medical Center Emergency Department Tainan Taiwan.,Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology Department of Biotechnology Tainan Taiwan
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- Chi Mei Medical Center Emergency Department Tainan Taiwan.,Taipei Medical University Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine Taipei Taiwan
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Resuscitative Thoracotomy. CURRENT TRAUMA REPORTS 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s40719-018-0117-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Should patients with traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest be transferred? Am J Emerg Med 2018; 36:336-338. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2017.07.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 07/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Gloaguen A, Cesareo É, Alhanati L, Lefort H, Duchenne J, Dahan B, Freund Y. Actualités en médecine d’urgence. ANNALES FRANCAISES DE MEDECINE D URGENCE 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s13341-017-0781-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this article was to compare specific characteristics and outcomes among adult and pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients to show that the existing literature warrants the design and implementation of pediatric studies that would specifically evaluate termination of resuscitation protocols. We also address the emotional and practical concerns associated with ceasing resuscitation efforts on scene when treating pediatric patients. METHODS Relevant prospective and retrospective studies were used to compare characteristics and outcomes between adult and pediatric OHCA patients. Characteristics analyzed were nonwitnessed arrests, absence of shockable rhythm, no return of spontaneous circulation, and survival to hospital discharge. RESULTS Cases of unwitnessed arrests by emergency medical services providers are substantially the same in pediatric patients (41.0%-96.3%) compared with their adult counterparts (47.4%-97.7%). The adult studies revealed 57.6% to 92.2% of patients without an initial shockable rhythm. The pediatric studies showed a range of 64.0% to 98.0%. The range of adult patients without return of spontaneous circulation was 54.8% to 95.4%, and the range in pediatric patients was 68.2% to 95.6%. Survival rates among the adult studies ranged from 0.8% to 9.3% (mean, 5.0%; median, 5.2%), and in the pediatric studies they were 2.0% to 26.2% (mean, 9.2%; median, 7.7%). CONCLUSIONS The data compared demonstrate that characteristics and outcomes are virtually identical between adult and pediatric OHCA patients. We also found the 3 chief barriers hindering further research to be invalid impediments to moving forward. This review warrants designing pediatric studies that would specifically correlate termination of resuscitation protocols with patient survival and include predictive values.
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INTRODUCTION Cardiopulmonary resuscitation was designed for sudden cardiac events usually triggered by thrombotic phenomena. Despite this, it is routinely used in trauma resuscitations as per the American Heart guidelines. There is no data supporting the use of chest compressions in hemorrhagic shock. An evidence-based cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) protocol has been developed for dogs. We sought to determine the effects and outcomes of chest compressions in hemorrhagic shock in a canine model. METHODS Eighteen dogs were randomized to three treatment groups-chest compressions only after hemorrhagic shock (CPR), CPR with fluid resuscitation after hemorrhagic shock (CPR + FLU), and fluid resuscitation alone after hemorrhagic shock (FLU). Under anesthesia, dogs were hemorrhaged until pulse was lost; they were maintained pulseless for 30 minutes and then resuscitated over 20 minutes. Vital signs and laboratory values were recorded at determined intervals. Echocardiography was performed throughout the study. Upon termination of the study, kidney, liver, heart, and brain tissue histology was evaluated for end organ damage. Statistical significance was p < 0.05 with a Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons. RESULTS Blood loss and mean time to loss of pulse were similar between the groups. Dogs in the CPR group had significantly lower mean arterial pressure and higher pulse at all points compared to CPR + FLU and FLU (p < 0.05). Ejection fraction was lower in the CPR group at 5 and 10 minutes compared to the other groups (p < 0.05). Vital signs and laboratory results between CPR + FLU and FLU were equivalent. Two of six dogs in the CPR group died, while no dogs died in the CPR + FLU or FLU groups. Dogs in the CPR group were found to have more episodes of end organ damage. CONCLUSION There was no benefit to chest compressions in the hypovolemic animals. Chest compressions in addition to fluid did not reverse signs of shock better than fluid alone. Further research is needed to define if there is a role of CPR in the trauma patient with hemorrhagic shock.
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Rehabilitation Traumatology: A Narrative Review. PM R 2017; 9:910-917. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2017.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2016] [Revised: 02/10/2017] [Accepted: 02/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Ahmed N, Greenberg P, Johnson VM, Davis JM. Risk stratification of survival in injured patients with cardiopulmonary resuscitation within the first hour of arrival to trauma centre: retrospective analysis from the national trauma data bank. Emerg Med J 2017; 34:282-288. [PMID: 28254762 DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2014-204306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2014] [Revised: 11/24/2016] [Accepted: 12/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to evaluate overall survival and associated survival factors for patients with trauma who had cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) within 1 hour after arrival to a hospital. METHODS Retrospective patient data was retrieved from the 2007-2010 edition of the US National Trauma Data Bank. Inhospital survival was the primary outcome; only patients with a known outcome were included in the analysis. Summary statistics and univariate analyses were first reported. Eighty per cent of the patients were then randomly selected and used for multivariate logistic regression analysis. The identified risk factors were further assessed for discrimination and calibration with the remaining patients with trauma using area under the curve (AUC) analysis and a Hosmer-Lemeshow test. RESULTS From 19 310 total cases that were reviewed, only 2640 patients required CPR within 1 hour of hospital arrival and met the additional inclusion criteria. Of these patients, 2309 (87.5%) died and 331 (12.5%) survived to discharge. There were statistical differences for race (p=0.003), initial systolic BP (p<0.001), initial pulse (p<0.001), cause of injury (p<0.001), presence of head injury (p=0.02), Injury Severity Score (ISS) (p<0.001), Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) total score (p<0.001) and GCS motor score (p<0.001); though not all were clinically significant. The multiple logistic regression model (AUC=0.72) identified lower ISS, higher GCS motor score, Caucasian race, American College of Surgeons (ACS) level 2 trauma designation and higher initial SBP as the most predictive of survival to hospital discharge. CONCLUSION Approximately 13% of patients who had CPR within an hour of arrival to a trauma centre survived their injury. Therefore, implementation of an aggressive first hour in-hospital resuscitation strategy may result in better survival outcomes for this patient population.
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- Nasim Ahmed
- Division of Trauma & Surgical Critical Care, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, USA
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- Department of Clinical Research, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, USA
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- Department of Clinical Research, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, USA
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- Division of Trauma & Surgical Critical Care, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, USA
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Duchateau FX, Hamada S, Raux M, Gay M, Mantz J, Paugam Burtz C, Gauss T. Long-term prognosis after out-of-hospital resuscitation of cardiac arrest in trauma patients: prehospital trauma-associated cardiac arrest. Emerg Med J 2016; 34:34-38. [PMID: 27797869 DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2014-204596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2015] [Revised: 08/04/2016] [Accepted: 09/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although prehospital cardiac arrest (CA) remains associated with poor long-term outcome, recent studies show an improvement in the survival rate after prehospital trauma associated CA (TCA). However, data on the long-term neurological outcome of TCA, particularly from physician-staffed Emergency Medical Service (EMS), are scarce, and results reported have been inconsistent. The objective of this pilot study was to evaluate the long-term outcome of patients admitted to several trauma centres after a TCA. METHODS This study is a retrospective database review of all patients from a multicentre prospective registry that experienced a TCA and had undergone successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) prior their admission at the trauma centre. The primary end point was neurological outcome at 6 months among patients who survived to hospital discharge. RESULTS 88 victims of TCA underwent successful CPR and were admitted to the hospital, 90% of whom were victims of blunt trauma. Of these 88 patients, 10 patients (11%; CI 95% 6% to 19%) survived to discharge: on discharge, 9 patients displayed a GCS of 15 and Cerebral Performance Categories (CPC) 1-2 and one patient had a GCS 7 and CPC of 3. Hypoxia was the most frequent cause of CA among survivors. 6-month follow-up was achieved for 9 patients of the 10 surviving patients. The 9 patients with a good outcome on hospital discharge had a CPC of 1 or 2 6 months post discharge. All returned to their premorbid family and social settings. CONCLUSIONS Among patients admitted to hospital after successful CPR from TCA, hypoxia as the likely aetiology of arrest carried a more favourable prognosis. Most of the patients successfully resuscitated from TCA and surviving to hospital discharge had a good neurological outcome, suggesting that prehospital resuscitation may not be futile.
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Sud, Université Paris Sud, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Pitié Salpétrière University Hospital, Paris, France
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- Emergency Medical Service Department, Beaujon University Hospital, Clichy, France
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Beaujon University Hospital, Clichy, France
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Beaujon University Hospital, Clichy, France.,Université Denis Diderot-Paris VII, Paris, France
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Beaujon University Hospital, Clichy, France
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Chiang WC, Huang YS, Hsu SH, Chang AM, Ko PCI, Wang HC, Yang CW, Hsieh MJ, Huang EPC, Chong KM, Sun JT, Chen SY, Ma MHM. Performance of a simplified termination of resuscitation rule for adult traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest in the prehospital setting. Emerg Med J 2016; 34:39-45. [PMID: 27655883 DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2014-204493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2014] [Revised: 08/09/2016] [Accepted: 08/31/2016] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The prehospital termination of resuscitation (TOR) guidelines for traumatic cardiopulmonary arrest (TCPA) was proposed in 2003. Its multiple descriptors of cases where efforts can be terminated make it complex to apply in the field. Here we proposed a simplified rule and evaluated its predictive performance. METHODS We analysed Utstein registry data for 2009-2013 from a Taipei emergency medical service to test a simplified TOR rule that comprises two criteria: blunt trauma injury and the presence of asystole. Enrolees were adults (≥18 years) with TCPA. The predicted outcome was in-hospital death. We compared the areas under the curve (AUC) of the simple rule with each of four descriptors in the guidelines and with a combination of all four to assess their discriminatory ability. Test characteristics were calculated to assess predictive performance. RESULTS A total of 893 TCPA cases were included. Blunt trauma occurred in 459 (51.4%) cases and asystole in 384 (43.0%). In-hospital mortality was 854 (95.6%) cases. The simplified TOR rule had greater discriminatory ability (AUC 0.683, 95% CI 0.618 to 0.747) compared with any single descriptor in the 2003 guidelines (range of AUC: 0.506-0.616) although the AUC was similar when all four were combined (AUC 0.695, 95% CI 0.615 to 0.775). The specificity of the simplified rule was 100% (95% CI 88.8% to 100%) and positive predictive value 100% (95% CI 96.8% to 100%). The false positive value, false negative value and decreased rate of unnecessary transport were 0% (95% CI 0% to 3.2%), 94.8% (95% CI 92.9% to 96.2%) and 16.4% (95% CI 14.1% to 19.1%), respectively. CONCLUSIONS The simplified TOR rule appears to accurately predict non-survivors in adults with TCPA in the prehospital setting.
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- Wen-Chu Chiang
- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch, Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Yun-Lin Branch, Douliou City, Taiwan
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Zwingmann J, Lefering R, Feucht M, Südkamp NP, Strohm PC, Hammer T. Outcome and predictors for successful resuscitation in the emergency room of adult patients in traumatic cardiorespiratory arrest. CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2016; 20:282. [PMID: 27600396 PMCID: PMC5013586 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-016-1463-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2016] [Accepted: 08/22/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Data of the TraumaRegister DGU® were analyzed to derive survival rates, neurological outcome and prognostic factors of patients who had suffered traumatic cardiac arrest in the early treatment phase. METHODS The database of the TraumaRegister DGU® from 2002 to 2013 was analyzed. The main focus of this survey was on different time points of performed resuscitation. Descriptive and multivariate analyses (logistic regression) were performed with the neurological outcome (Glasgow Outcome Scale) and survival rate as the target variable. Patients were classified according to CPR in the prehospital phase and/or in the emergency room (ER). Patients without CA served as a control group. The database does not include patients who required prehospital CPR but did not achieve ROSC. RESULTS A total of 3052 patients from a total of 38,499 cases had cardiac arrest during the early post-trauma phase and required CPR in the prehospital phase and/or in the ER. After only prehospital resuscitation (n = 944) survival rate was 31.7 %, and 14.7 % had a good/moderate outcome. If CPR was required in the ER only (n = 1197), survival rate was 25.6 %, with a good/moderate outcome in 19.2 % of cases. A total of 4.8 % in the group with preclinical and ER resuscitation survived, and just 2.7 % had a good or moderate outcome. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed the following prognostic factors for survival after traumatic cardiac arrest: prehospital CPR, shock, coagulopathy, thorax drainage, preclinical catecholamines, unconsciousness, and injury severity (Injury Severity Score). CONCLUSIONS With the knowledge that prehospital resuscitated patients who not reached the hospital could not be included, CPR after severe trauma seems to yield a better outcome than most studies have reported, and appears to be more justified than the current guidelines would imply. Preclinical resuscitation is associated with a higher survival rate and better neurological outcome compared with resuscitation in the ER. If resuscitation in the ER is necessary after a preclinical performed resuscitation the survival rate is marginal, even though 56 % of these patients had a good and moderate outcome. The data we present may support algorithms for resuscitation in the future.
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- J Zwingmann
- Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Freiburg University Hospital, Hugstetter Str. 55, 79098, Freiburg, Germany.
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- Institute for Research in Operative Medicine (IFOM), University of Witten/Herdecke, Herdecke, Germany
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- Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Freiburg University Hospital, Hugstetter Str. 55, 79098, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Freiburg University Hospital, Hugstetter Str. 55, 79098, Freiburg, Germany
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- Clinic of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Sozialstiftung Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany
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- Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Freiburg University Hospital, Hugstetter Str. 55, 79098, Freiburg, Germany
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Chien CY, Su YC, Lin CC, Kuo CW, Lin SC, Weng YM. Is 15 minutes an appropriate resuscitation duration before termination of a traumatic cardiac arrest? A case-control study. Am J Emerg Med 2015; 34:505-9. [PMID: 26774992 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2015] [Accepted: 12/10/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Previous guidelines suggest up to 15 minutes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) accompanied by other resuscitative interventions before terminating resuscitation of a traumatic cardiac arrest. The current study evaluated the duration of CPR according to outcome using the model of a county-based emergency medical services (EMS) system in Taiwan. METHODS This study was performed as a prospectively defined retrospective review from EMS records and cardiac arrest registration between June 2011 and November 2012 in Taoyuan, Taiwan. RESULTS A total of 396 patients were enrolled. Among the blunt injuries, most incidents were traffic accidents (66.5%) followed by falls (31.5%). Bystander CPR was performed in 34 patients (8.6%). Of the patients, 18.4% were sent to intermediate to advanced level traumatic care hospitals. Although 4.8% of patients survived for 24 hours, only 2.3% survived to discharge, and 0.8% achieved cerebral performance category 1 or 2. Among all patients who developed return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), 14.3% of ROSC was achieved within 15 minutes since CPR. Except for 1, most patients who developed ROSC over 24 hours but did not survive to discharge received CPR more than 15 minutes. Four of 6 patients who survived to discharge achieved ROSC after CPR for more than 15 minutes (16, 18, 22, and 24 minutes). Three patients discharged with cerebral performance category 1 or 2 received CPR for 6, 16, and 18 minutes, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Fifteen minutes of CPR before terminating resuscitation is inappropriate for patients undergoing traumatic cardiac arrsests, as longer duration resuscitation increases ROSC and survival.
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- Cheng-Yu Chien
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Linkou, Taiwan.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Linkou, Taiwan; Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Linkou, Taiwan.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Linkou, Taiwan.
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