Multiple and severe blunt trauma Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning Injury, unspecified
Conditions
Interventions
1. Control cohort: Trauma resuscitation and staged diagnostic work-up according to Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS(R)) standards including physical examination (ABCDE-algorithm), focused assessment
Sponsors
Emergency Hospital Berlin (Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin) (Germany)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Consecutive men and women (no age restrictions) with suspected blunt multiple trauma directly transferred from the scene to the hospital and requiring resuscitation in the emergency department / trauma bay
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Due to the retrospective nature of this analysis only patients with insufficient or lacking information in the hospital documentation system will be excluded from the analysis
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| All-cause in-hospital mortality | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. All-cause in-hospital mortality, adjusted for injury severity and other confounding / interaction variables identified by multivariable logistic regression analysis 2. Morbidity (i.e. inflammatory complications like lung failure [ARDS] multiple organ failure [MOF]) 3. Emergency department time | — |
Countries
Germany
Outcome results
None listed