Research Article
Prehospital Factors Associated with Refractory Traumatic Arrest
Table 2
Multivariate analysis of prehospital factors related to ER death from traumatic arrest.
| Predictors of ER death | Odds ratio | 95% CI | P value |
| Age (years) | 0.976 | 0.950–1.003 | 0.085 | Male gender | 1.744 | 0.638–4.769 | 0.278 | Witness | 1.623 | 0.556–4.735 | 0.376 | Bystander CPR | 1.396 | 0.489–3.980 | 0.533 | EMS CPR | 0.284 | 0.023–3.482 | 0.325 | Blunt injury | 10.065 | 0.501–202.079 | 0.131 | Asystole | 4.033 | 1.342–12.115 | 0.013 | Supraglottic airway | 0.861 | 0.326–2.274 | 0.763 | Need of defibrillation | 0.345 | 0.061–1.943 | 0.228 | Fluid resuscitation | 0.487 | 0.159–1.488 | 0.207 | ROSC on prehospital phase | 0.100 | 0.012–0.839 | 0.034 | Duration of transfer by EMS (min) | 0.974 | 0.920–1.031 | 0.371 |
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ER, emergency room; CI, confidence interval; CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; EMS, emergency medical service; ROSC, return of spontaneous circulation.
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