Factors associated with outcomes in traumatic cardiac arrest patients without prehospital return of spontaneous circulation

Publication date: Available online 17 July 2018

Source: Injury

Author(s): Yi-Chuan Chen, Kai-Hsiang Wu, Kuang-Yu Hsiao, Ming-Szu Hung, Yi-Chen Lai, Yuan-Shun Chen, Chih-Yao Chang

Abstract

Background

Prognostic factors for the outcomes in traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) patients transported to hospitals without prehospital return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) remain uncertain. The aim of this study is to investigate factors associated with outcomes in TCA patients without prehospital ROSC.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study using a multi-institutional, 5-year database. Only TCA patients without prehospital ROSC were included. The primary outcome was ROSC in the emergency department (ED), and the secondary outcome was 30-day survival. Logistic regression analysis was performed to determine the factors associated with primary and secondary outcomes.

Results

Among 463 TCA patients, 73 (16%) had ROSC during ED resuscitation, and among those with sustained ROSC, 10 (14%) survived for at least 30 days. Injury severity score ≧ 16 (OR, 0.06; 95% CI: 0.02–0.20), trauma center admission (OR, 2.69; 95% CI: 1.03-7.03), length of ED resuscitation (OR, 0.98; 95% CI: 0.96-0.99), and total resuscitation length > 20 minutes (OR, 0.21; 95% CI: 0.08–0.54) were associated with ROSC.

Conclusions

In TCA patients transported to hospitals without prehospital ROSC, resuscitation attempts could be beneficial. We should aim to resuscitate patients as soon as possible with appropriate treatments for trauma patients, early activation of trauma team, and then, as a result, shorter resuscitation time will be achieved.

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