Table 5.
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