Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma. 2011 Jun;70(6):E101–E107. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181e88bcb

Table 5.

Patients that did not receive a critical care intervention prior to admission but required a critical care intervention during hospitalization

Patient GCS,
ISS
Had a critical
care
intervention
prior to
admission?
Had a critical care
intervention within the
first 48 hours of
admission?
Had a critical care intervention after the
first 48 hours of admission?
Survived to discharge LOS
(ICU,
hospital)
62 year old male with fall
from standing
14, 32 No No Yes, intubated for respiratory failure due to
multiple rib fractures on HD #3
Yes 18, 19
62 year old male in MVA 15, 16 No No Yes, intubated for delirium tremens on HD #3 Yes 13, 27
81 year old female with
fall from standing
15, 17 No Yes, transfused 1 unit of
PRBC 16 hours after
admission
No Yes 4, 7
80 year old female with
fall from standing
13, 24 No No Yes, transfused 1 unit PRBC on HD #4 No, died due to respiratory failure
from multiple rib fractures on HD
#11 (made DNR during
hospitalization)
11, 11
49 year old male in MVA 14, 21 No No Yes, intubated for procedural sedation due to
claustrophobia for MRI on HD #3
Yes 6, 12
89 year old female in
MVA
9, 38 No Yes, PRBC transfusion 21
hours after admission
Yes, intubated for respiratory failure due to
pneumonia on HD #10
No, died from pneumonia on HD #21 5, 21

LOS: length of stay; ICU: intensive care unit; MVA: motor vehicle accident; GCS: Glascow Coma Score; ISS: injury severity score; HD: hospital day; PRBC: packed red blood cells; DNR: do not resuscitate; MRI = magnetic resonance imaging