• Annals of surgery · Jun 2021

    A Decade of Damage Control Resuscitation: New Transfusion Practice, New Survivors, New Directions.

    • Elaine Cole, Anne Weaver, Lewis Gall, Anita West, Daniel Nevin, Rosel Tallach, Breda O'Neill, Sumitra Lahiri, Shubha Allard, Nigel Tai, Ross Davenport, Laura Green, and Karim Brohi.
    • Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom.
    • Ann. Surg. 2021 Jun 1; 273 (6): 121512201215-1220.

    ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to identify the effects of recent innovations in trauma major hemorrhage management on outcome and transfusion practice, and to determine the contemporary timings and patterns of death.BackgroundThe last 10 years have seen a research-led change in hemorrhage management to damage control resuscitation (DCR), focused on the prevention and treatment of trauma-induced coagulopathy.MethodsA 10-year retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data of trauma patients who activated the Major Trauma Centre's major hemorrhage protocol (MHP) and received at least 1 unit of red blood cell transfusions (RBC).ResultsA total of 1169 trauma patients activated the MHP and received at least 1 unit of RBC, with similar injury and admission physiology characteristics over the decade. Overall mortality declined from 45% in 2008 to 27% in 2017, whereas median RBC transfusion rates dropped from 12 to 4 units (massive transfusion rates from 68% to 24%). The proportion of deaths within 24 hours halved (33%-16%), principally with a fall in mortality between 3 and 24 hours (30%-6%). Survivors are now more likely to be discharged to their own home (57%-73%). Exsanguination is still the principal cause of early deaths, and the mortality associated with massive transfusion remains high (48%). Late deaths are now split between those due to traumatic brain injury (52%) and multiple organ dysfunction (45%).ConclusionsThere have been remarkable reductions in mortality after major trauma hemorrhage in recent years. Mortality rates continue to be high and there remain important opportunities for further improvements in these patients.Copyright © 2019 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.

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