Table 3 Outcome, post-traumatic management, and society integrational effect indicators (VAE ventilator-associated events, TBI traumatic brain injury, ED emergency department, ICU intensive care unit, OR operating room)
Category | Subcategory | Indicator | Patients |
|---|---|---|---|
Outcome | Admission data | ICU lenght of stay | Patients admitted to ICU |
Lenght of stay | All patients | ||
Ventilator-associated events (VAE) | All patients | ||
Adverse events (according to Clavien-Dindo classification) | Complications during hospital stay | All patients | |
Pulmonary embolus | All patients | ||
Mortality | Mortality rate | Admitted patients | |
Death < 48 h after arrival | All patients | ||
Deaths >1 h after arrival occur on ward (not in ED) | Vital signs on arrival | ||
Death > 48 h after arrival | All patients | ||
Mortality in severe TBI | Severe TBI | ||
Penetrating injury mortality | Patients with penetrating injury | ||
Blunt multisystem injury mortality | Patients with multisystem injury | ||
Blunt single-system mortality | Patients with single-system injury | ||
TBI deaths > 3 h following arrival in level III/IV center | TBI with GCS >12 and max head AIS > max AIS in other anatomic regions | ||
Failure to rescue (severe) | Patients died with unsolved severe complication | Patients who died among those with Clavien-Dindo grades 3–5 complications | |
Functional outcome | Evaluation of patient functional status (at hospital) | All patients | |
Outcomes review | Peer review of trauma deaths to evaluate quality of care and determine whether the death was potentially preventable | Dead patients | |
Early post-op events | Tertiary survey | All patients | |
Unexpected return to OR | All operated patients with no ongoing damage control surgery | ||
Post-traumatic management | Long-term physical disability facilities/support | All patients | |
Psychological disability facilities/support | All patients | ||
Behavioral change and secondary health loss quantification | All patients | ||
Tangible costs quantification | All patients | ||
Intangible costs quantification | All patients | ||
Society integrational effects | Observer consequences evaluation/support | All patients | |
Carer consequences evaluation/support | All patients | ||
Dependent consequence evaluation/support | All patients |