Τίτλος:
Can initial hematocrit predict blood transfusions, hospital cost, and mortality in polytrauma patients?
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
Knowing the initial hematocrit of a polytrauma patient can assist his trauma management. This paper describes a four-year study of 88 polytrauma patients. Fifty-nine were transfused, and eight were women (13.5%). The mean cost of the first hospitalization of patients who were transfused was 14,503 €; the mean cost of patients who were not transfused was 5,718 €. HCT did not correlate with ICU stay; nor did days of hospitalization. The mean HCT of those who died was not much different from that of survivors (33.23 with standard deviation [SD] 7.43 versus 32.37 with SD 5.89). This study showed that initial HCT does not correlate with days of hospitalization or days in ICU, but that transfusion can predict higher total cost. © 2020 by Begell House, Inc. www.begellhouse.com.
Συγγραφείς:
Petroudi, D.
Tsagkaris, I.
Mastrokalos, D.
Papagelopoulos, P.
Kontogeorgakos, V.
Περιοδικό:
Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants
Εκδότης:
Begell House, Inc
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
Hospitals, Blood transfusion; Hospital costs; Polytrauma; Standard deviation, Dielectric devices, adult; aged; Article; blood transfusion; female; hematocrit; hospital cost; hospitalization; human; intensive care unit; major clinical study; male; mortality; mortality rate; multiple trauma; patient; blood transfusion; erythrocyte transfusion; hematocrit; multiple trauma; retrospective study, Blood Transfusion; Erythrocyte Transfusion; Female; Hematocrit; Hospital Costs; Humans; Multiple Trauma; Retrospective Studies
DOI:
10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.2020035548
