Admission Physiology vs Blood Pressure: Predicting the Need for Operating Room Thoracotomy after Penetrating Thoracic Trauma.
Abstract | BACKGROUND: Approximately 15% of patients with penetrating thoracic trauma require an emergency center or operating room thoracotomy, usually for hemodynamic instability or persistent hemorrhage. The hypothesis in this study was that admission physiology, not vital signs, predicts the need for operating room thoracotomy. STUDY DESIGN: We conducted a trauma registry review, 2002 to 2017, of adult patients undergoing operating room thoracotomy within 6 hours of admission (emergency department thoracotomies excluded). Demographics, injuries, admission physiology, time to operating room (OR), operations, and outcomes were reviewed. Data are reported as mean (SD) or median (IQR). RESULTS: Of the 301 consecutive patients in this 15-year review, 75.6% were male, mean age was 31.1 years (11.5), and 41.5% had gunshot wounds. The median Injury Severity Score was 25 (range 16 to 29), time to operating room was 38 minutes (interquartile range [IQR] 19 to 105 minutes), and 21.9% had a thoracic damage control operation. Mean admission systolic blood pressure was 115 mmHg (SD 37 mmHg), with only 23.9% <90 mmHg; however, admission pH 7.22 (SD 0.14), base deficit 7.6 (SD 6.1), and lactate 7.2 (SD 4.5) were markedly abnormal. Overall, there were 136 (45.2%) patients with significant pulmonary injuries treated with 112 major nonanatomic resections, 17 lobectomies, and 7 pneumonectomies; respective mortalities were 2.7%, 11.8%, and 42.9%. There were 100 (33.2%) cardiac, 30 (9.9%) great vessel, 14 (4.7%) aerodigestive, and 58 (19%) combined thoracic injuries. Mortalities for cardiac, great vessel, and aerodigestive injuries were 7%, 0%, and 14.3%, respectively. Overall mortality was 6.6%, 15.2% after damage control, and 4.3% for all others. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | James V O'Connor, Benjamin Moran, Samuel M Galvagno Jr, Molly Deane, David V Feliciano, Thomas M Scalea |
Journal | Journal of the American College of Surgeons
(J Am Coll Surg)
Vol. 230
Issue 4
Pg. 494-500
(04 2020)
ISSN: 1879-1190 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 32007533
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2020 American College of Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
Topics |
- Adult
- Blood Pressure Determination
- Diagnostic Tests, Routine
- Female
- Forecasting
- Hospitalization
- Humans
- Male
- Operating Rooms
- Retrospective Studies
- Thoracic Injuries
(diagnosis, surgery)
- Thoracotomy
- Wounds, Penetrating
(diagnosis, surgery)
- Young Adult
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