• M Chico-Fernández, J A Llompart-Pou, F Guerrero-López, M Sánchez-Casado, I García-Sáez, M D Mayor-García, J Egea-Guerrero, J F Fernández-Ortega, A Bueno-González, J González-Robledo, L Servià-Goixart, J Roldán-Ramírez, M Á Ballesteros-Sanz, E Tejerina-Alvarez, C García-Fuentes, F Alberdi-Odriozola, and en representación del Grupo de Trabajo de Trauma y Neurointensivismo SEMICYUC.
• UCI de Trauma y Emergencias, Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, España. Electronic address: murgchico@yahoo.es.
• Med Intensiva. 2015 Oct 1.

ObjectiveTo describe the characteristics and management of severe trauma disease in Spanish Intensive Care Units (ICUs). Registry of trauma in the ICU (RETRAUCI). Pilot phase.DesignA prospective, multicenter registry.SettingThirteen Spanish ICUs.PatientsPatients with trauma disease admitted to the ICU.InterventionsNone.Main Variables Of InterestEpidemiology, out-of-hospital attention, registry of injuries, resources utilization, complications and outcome were evaluated.ResultsPatients, n=2242. Mean age 47.1±19.02 years. Males 79%. Blunt trauma 93.9%. Injury Severity Score 22.2±12.1, Revised Trauma Score 6.7±1.6. Non-intentional in 84.4% of the cases. The most common causes of trauma were traffic accidents followed by pedestrian and high-energy falls. Up to 12.4% were taking antiplatelet medication or anticoagulants. Almost 28% had a suspected or confirmed toxic influence in trauma. Up to 31.5% required an out-of-hospital artificial airway. The time from trauma to ICU admission was 4.7±5.3hours. At ICU admission, 68.5% were hemodynamically stable. Brain and chest injuries predominated. A large number of complications were documented. Mechanical ventilation was used in 69.5% of the patients (mean 8.2±9.9 days), of which 24.9% finally required a tracheostomy. The median duration of stay in the ICU and in hospital was 5 (range 3-13) and 9 (5-19) days, respectively. The ICU mortality rate was 12.3%, while the in-hospital mortality rate was 16.0%.ConclusionsThe pilot phase of the RETRAUCI offers a first impression of the epidemiology and management of trauma disease in Spanish ICUs.Copyright © 2015 Elsevier España, S.L.U. y SEMICYUC. All rights reserved.

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