PMID- 22871619
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20121113
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 0975-4466 (Electronic)
IS  - 0256-4947 (Print)
IS  - 0256-4947 (Linking)
VI  - 32
IP  - 5
DP  - 2012 Sep-Oct
TI  - Trauma profile at a tertiary intensive care unit in Saudi Arabia.
PG  - 498-501
LID - 10.5144/0256-4947.2012.498 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Trauma is a leading cause of death worldwide and in 
      Saudi Arabia. This study describes the injury profiles and ICU outcomes of 
      patients in a tertiary trauma care referral center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 
      DESIGN AND SETTING: A retrospective analysis of ICU data collected prospectively 
      over 5 years in a 21-bed medical and surgical intensive care unit (ICU) in a 
      tertiary care teaching hospital. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We collected ICU data on 
      all patients admitted secondary to motor vehicle accidents (MVAs), excluding 
      patients younger than 18 years, brain dead patients and readmissions. We 
      collected data on age, gender, and Glasgow coma scale score at admission, injury 
      severity scores, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) 
      score, and other data. Multivariate logistic regression was used to identify 
      predictors of mortality. RESULTS: During the study period, of 1659 patients, MVA 
      was the most common cause of injury (78.4%), followed by pedestrian accident 
      (12.7%). ICU mortality included 221 patients (13.3%) during the study period. 
      Severe head injury, age > 60 years, Glascow coma scale score, injury severity 
      scores, APACHE II and international normalized ratio were independent predictors 
      of mortality. CONCLUSION: MVA is very common in our country and leads to 
      significant mortality and morbidity. Public education and strict law enforcement 
      are needed to reduce these adverse events.
FAU - Aldawood, Abdulaziz S
AU  - Aldawood AS
AD  - National Guard Health Affairs, King Saud Bin Abdul Aziz University for Health 
      Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. aldawooda@hotmail.com
FAU - Alsultan, Mohammad
AU  - Alsultan M
FAU - Haddad, Samir
AU  - Haddad S
FAU - Alqahtani, Saad M
AU  - Alqahtani SM
FAU - Tamim, Hani
AU  - Tamim H
FAU - Arabi, Yaseen M
AU  - Arabi YM
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Saudi Arabia
TA  - Ann Saudi Med
JT  - Annals of Saudi medicine
JID - 8507355
SB  - IM
MH  - Accidents, Traffic/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Injury Severity Score
MH  - *Intensive Care Units
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Saudi Arabia
MH  - Wounds and Injuries/*epidemiology
PMC - PMC6080991
EDAT- 2012/08/09 06:00
MHDA- 2012/11/14 06:00
PMCR- 2012/09/01
CRDT- 2012/08/09 06:00
PHST- 2012/08/09 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/08/09 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/11/14 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2012/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - asm-5-498 [pii]
AID - 10.5144/0256-4947.2012.498 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ann Saudi Med. 2012 Sep-Oct;32(5):498-501. doi: 10.5144/0256-4947.2012.498.