Background
Methods
Study setting
Study population
Definitions and outcome measures
Statistical analyses
Results
Demographics of patients with severe pelvic fracture undergoing TAE
Characteristics | Variable |
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Door-to-angiography time, median (IQR), min | 106 (78–134) |
Door-to-embolization time, median (IQR), min | 150 (121–184) |
Origin of admission, n (%) | |
Scene | 92 (47.9) |
Transfer | 100 (52.1) |
Time of admission | |
Weekday or day, n (%) | 58 (30.2) |
Weekend or night or holiday, n (%) | 134 (69.8) |
Age, median (IQR), years | 58 (41–70) |
Female, n (%) | 87 (45.3) |
Injury mechanism, n (%) | |
Car TA | 13 (6.8) |
Motorcycle TA | 19 (9.9) |
Pedestrian TA | 69 (35.9) |
Fall | 67 (34.9) |
Entrapment | 12 (6.2) |
Others | 12 (6.2) |
Physiology at admission | |
Systolic blood pressure, median (IQR), mmHg | 90 (70–100) |
Heart rate, median (IQR), beats/min | 94 (80–113) |
Shock index, median (IQR) | 1.0 (0.8–1.4) |
Hemodynamic instability, n (%) | 62 (32.3) |
Lactic acid, median (IQR), mmol/L | 3.8 (2.4–6.3) |
Base excess, median (IQR) | − 4.0 (− 7.6 to − 0.9) |
ISS, median (IQR) | 33 (25–41) |
GCS, median (IQR) | 15 (11–15) |
RTS, median (IQR) | 7.33 (6.38–7.84) |
TRISS score, median (IQR) | 0.83 (0.62–0.94) |
WSES grade, n (%) | |
II | 25 (13.0) |
III | 105 (54.7) |
IV | 62 (32.3) |
Head and neck AIS ≥ 3, n (%) | 52 (27.1) |
Chest AIS ≥ 3, n (%) | 105 (54.7) |
Abdomen AIS ≥ 3, n (%) | 67 (34.9) |
Any surgery, n (%) | 173 (90.1) |
Any surgery within 24 h, n (%) | 67 (34.9) |
Pelvis surgery within 24 h, n (%) | 15 (7.8) |
Outcome | |
28-day free ICU stay, median (IQR), days | 21 (3–26) |
90-day free hospital stay, median (IQR), days | 48 (0–63) |
pRBC transfusion | |
≤ 4 h pRBC transfusion, median (IQR), packs | 3 (1–6) |
4–24 h pRBC transfusion, median (IQR), packs | 2 (0–4) |
24 h pRBC transfusion, median (IQR), packs | 5 (2–11) |
MT within 4 h (≥ 10 packs pRBC), n (%) | 13 (6.8) |
MT between 4–24 h (≥ 10 packs pRBC), n (%) | 19 (9.9) |
MT within 24 h (≥ 10 packs pRBC), n (%) | 52 (27.1) |
Mortality within 24 h, n (%) | 7 (3.7) |
Overall mortality, n (%) | 28 (14.6) |
Hemorrhage, n (%)* | 7 (25) |
Sepsis or organ failure, n (%)* | 11 (39.3) |
Traumatic brain injury, n (%)* | 8 (28.6) |
Others, n (%)* | 2 (7.1) |
Risk factors for mortality in the first 24 h (Table 2)
Variable | Crude odds ratio (95% CI) | p value | Adjusted odds ratio* (95% CI) | p value |
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Door-to-embolization time, median (IQR), h | 1.68 (1.19–2.38) | 0.003 | 2.00 (1.20–3.34) | 0.008 |
Door-to-angiography time, median (IQR), h | 1.74 ( 1.22–2.48) | 0.002 | ||
Age, median (IQR), years | 1.00 (0.94–1.07) | 0.908 | ||
Female, n (%) | 0.60 (0.05–6.71) | 0.678 | ||
Physiology at admission | ||||
Systolic blood pressure, median (IQR), mmHg | 0.97 (0.95–1.00) | 0.120 | ||
Heart rate, median (IQR), beats/min | 0.94 (0.91–0.98) | 0.003 | ||
Hemodynamic instability, n (%) | 0.85 (0.07–9.54) | 0.895 | ||
Lactic acid, median (IQR), mmol/L | 1.10 (0.96–1.27) | 0.179 | ||
Base excess, median (IQR) | 0.88 (0.76–1.01) | 0.075 | ||
ISS, median (IQR) | 1.12 (0.99–1.25) | 0.062 | ||
GCS, median (IQR) | 0.73 (0.56–0.97) | 0.027 | 0.63 (0.40–0.98) | 0.040 |
RTS, median (IQR) | 0.99 (0.44–2.22) | 0.987 | ||
TRISS, median (IQR) | 0.003 (0.000–0.466) | 0.023 | ||
Head and neck AIS ≥ 3, n (%) | 1.35 (0.12–15.24) | 0.807 | ||
Chest AIS ≥ 3, n (%) | 1.67 (0.15–18.73) | 0.678 | ||
Abdomen AIS ≥ 3, n (%) | 3.81 (034–42.87) | 0.278 | ||
pRBC transfusion within 24 h, median (IQR), packs | 1.05 (1.01–1.09) | 0.013 |
Secondary outcomes of patients according to DTE time
Unstandardized coefficient† | Standard error | Standardized coefficients beta† | p value | Crude OR (95% CI) | p value | Adjusted OR (95% CI) ‡ | p value | |
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pRBC transfusion requirement in the initial 24 h* | 1.21 | 0.480 | 0.172 | 0.012 | ||||
ICU-free days to day 28* | − 0.921 | 0.407 | − 0.138 | 0.025 | ||||
Hospital-free days to day 90* | − 1.519 | 1.142 | − 0.087 | 0.185 | ||||
Overall mortality* | 1.29 (1.06–1.58) | 0.012 | 1.28 (0.97–1.68 | 0.082 |
Subgroup analyses: clinical outcomes according to DTE time (≤ 150 min vs. > 150 min)
Discussion
Comparison with other studies
Study citation (year) | No. of TAE cases | Outcome variable | Time (min) | Impact on mortality |
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Agolini et al. [11] | 15 | Time from arrival to angiography suite | 190 min (IQR, 50–1440) | Patients who were in the angiography suite within 3 h of arrival had a significantly greater survival rate (14 vs. 75%) |
Balogh et al. [12] | 31 | DTA time | < 90 min after admission | Institutional protocol improving time to angiography to less than 90 min decreased mortality from 35 to 7% (p < 0.05) |
Schwartz et al. [22] | 88 | Time from admission to angiography suite | Day: 193 min (IQR, 137–275), after-hours: 301 min (IQR, 211–389) | Delays to angiography in after-hours admission were associated with higher mortality (32 vs. 21%, p = 0.328) |
Tanizaki et al. [13] | 68 | Time from arrival to angiography suite | Average of 76 min (30–145) | Patients who were embolized within 60 min of arrival had a significantly lower mortality rate (16 vs. 64%, p = 0.04) |
Tesoriero et al. [15] | 212 | DTA time | 280 min (IQR, 201–367) | Time to angiography was not a significant contributor to mortality after adjusting for injury severity |
Marsushuma et al. [10] | 181 | DTE time | (Not applicable) | A longer time to TAE was significantly associated with increased in-hospital mortality (OR = 1.79 for each hour, 95% CI = 1.12–2.91, p = 0.018) |
Chou et al .[14] | 84 | DTE time | 62.0 ± 33.4 min | There were no significant differences in the time to TAE between nonsurviving and surviving patients (76.9 ± 47.9 vs. 59.0 ± 29.3 min, p = 0.068) |
This study (2020) | 204 | DTE time | 150 min (IQR, 123–186) | An increase in 1 h in door-to-embolization time resulted in a 2.00-fold increase in mortality in the first 24 h (p = 0.008) |