• Medicina intensiva · May 2020

    Multicenter Study

    Outcomes of very elderly trauma ICU patients. Results from the Spanish trauma ICU registry.

    • M Chico-Fernández, M Sánchez-Casado, J A Barea-Mendoza, I García-Sáez, M Á Ballesteros-Sanz, F Guerrero-López, M Quintana-Díaz, I Molina-Díaz, L Martín-Iglesias, J M Toboso-Casado, J Pérez-Bárcena, J A Llompart-Pou, and Neurointensive Care and Trauma Working Group of the Spanish Society of Intensive Care Medicine (SEMICYUC).
    • UCI de Trauma y Emergencias, Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
    • Med Intensiva. 2020 May 1; 44 (4): 210-215.

    ObjectiveTo analyze outcomes and factors related to mortality among very elderly trauma patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) participating in the Spanish trauma ICU registry.DesignA multicenter nationwide registry. Retrospective analysis. November 2012-May 2017.SettingParticipating ICUs.PatientsTrauma patients aged ≥80 years.InterventionsNone.Main Variables Of InterestThe outcomes and influence of limitation of life sustaining therapy (LLST) were analyzed. Comparisons were established using the Wilcoxon test, Chi-squared test or Fisher's exact test as appropriate. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to analyze variables related to mortality. A p-value <0.05 was considered statistically significant.ResultsThe mean patient age was 83.4±3.3 years; 281 males (60.4%). Low-energy falls were the mechanisms of injury in 256 patients (55.1%). The mean ISS was 20.5±11.1, with a mean ICU stay of 7.45±9.9 days. The probability of survival based on the TRISS methodology was 69.8±29.7%. The ICU mortality rate was 15.5%, with an in-hospital mortality rate of 19.2%. The main cause of mortality was intracranial hypertension (42.7%). The ISS, the need for first- and second-tier measures to control intracranial pressure, and being admitted to the ICU for organ donation were independent mortality predictors. LLST was applied in 128 patients (27.9%). Patients who received LLST were older, with more severe trauma, and with more severe brain injury.ConclusionsVery elderly trauma ICU patients presented mortality rates lower than predicted on the basis of the severity of injury.Copyright © 2019 Elsevier España, S.L.U. y SEMICYUC. All rights reserved.

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