Reverse shock index multiplied by the motor component of the Glasgow Coma Scale predicts mortality and need for intervention in pediatric trauma patients.
The journal of trauma and acute care surgery · 2024-01-26 · Observational study
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Timely identification of high-risk pediatric trauma patients and appropriate resource mobilization may lead to improved outcomes. We hypothesized that reverse shock index times the motor component of the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) (rSIM) would perform equivalently to reverse shock index times the total GCS (rSIG) in the prediction of mortality and the need for intervention following pediatric trauma. METHODS: The 2017-2020 National Trauma Data Bank data sets were used. We included all patients 16 years or younger who had a documented prehospital and trauma bay systolic blood pressure, heart rate, and total GCS. We excluded all patients who arrived at the trauma center without vital signs and interfacility transport patients. Receiver operating characteristic curves were used to model the performance of each metric as a classifier with respect to our primary and secondary outcomes, and the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) was used for comparison. Our primary outcome was mortality before hospital discharge. Secondary outcomes included blood product administration or hemorrhage control intervention (surgery or angiography) <4 hours following hospital arrival and intensive care unit admission. RESULTS: After application of exclusion criteria, 77,996 patients were included in our analysis. Reverse shock index times GCS-motor and rSIG performed equivalently as predictors of mortality in the 1- to 2- ( p = 0.05) and 3- to 5-year-old categories ( p = 0.28), but rSIM was statistically outperformed by rSIG in the 6- to 12- (AUROC, 0.96 vs. 0.95; p = 0.04) and 13- to 16-year-old age categories (AUROC, 0.96 vs. 0.95; p < 0.01). Reverse shock index times GCS-motor and rSIG also performed similarly with respect to prediction of secondary outcomes. CONCLUSION: Reverse shock index times GCS-total and rSIM are both outstanding predictors of mortality following pediatric trauma. Statistically significant differences in favor of rSIG were noted in some age groups. Because of the simplicity of calculation, rSIM may be a useful tool for pediatric trauma triage. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Diagnostic Tests or Criteria; Level III.
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Children · Early warning scores · Mortality & survival
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