Predictors Of Mortality After Pelvic Fractures: A Retrospective Cohort Study From A Level-1 Trauma Center In Upper Egypt

Assiut University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Morality

Pelvic Bone Injury

Registries

Treatments

Other: The presence of a pelvic fracture

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03618446

17100526

Details and patient eligibility

About

A retrospective cohort study was carried out for all pelvic fracture patients admitted to Assiut University Trauma Unit (AUTU), a level-1 trauma center. (AUTU) is located in Upper Egypt and provides healthcare to over 30,000 patients per year.

Full description

In 2010, a Pelvic Injury Registry was developed to document treatment and outcomes in a standardized manner. All patients admitted to AUTU sign an informed consent to permit using their data for research purposes. Patients' data are prospectively collected and stored in a local database specifically designed for this purpose.

Data collected included age, gender, mechanism of injury, fracture classification, associated injuries, and admission to ICU, the length of hospital stay and presence of abdominopelvic collection as diagnosed by Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) at admission. The primary outcome measure was in-hospital mortality. Predictors of in-hospital mortality were identified by comparing characters of survivors and non-survivors. Secondary objectives were to analyse the differences between adults and children and to analyse the causes and timing of death.

Enrollment

1,188 patients

Sex

All

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

first-time admissions and patients whose treatment was completed at our hospital
all pelvic fracture patients admitted to our Trauma Unit.

Exclusion criteria

penetrating injuries
isolated acetabular fractures
Patients who were discharged on their own will against the medical advice or whose treatment was continued at another hospital
re-admitted patients
Firearm injuries