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Table 2 Clinical information

From: A systematic review and meta-analysis comparing mortality in pre-hospital tracheal intubation to emergency department intubation in trauma patients

Study ID

Mortality PHI

Mortality EDI

ISS PHI

ISS EDI

GCS PHI

GCS EDI

Percentage in shock/average SBP PHI

Percentage in shock/average SBP EDI

AOR PHI vs. EDI

Methodological quality determined by assessment tool

Conclusion of article

Al-Thani 2014 [27]

126/239

45/243

25.3

21.3

6.9

12.1

avg 127.9

avg. 129.4

AOR 2.4 (0.61–9.44) GCS, ISS, head injury

Fair

PHI associated with worse outcome

Arbabi 2004 [28]

  

Not specified

Not specified

    

AOR in favour of PHI 3.0 (1.9–4.9). Compared to patients not intubated at all, AOR 1.1 (0.7–1.9)

Poor

PHI associated with better outcome, but analysis included GCS in paralyzed patients

Bernard 2010 [29]

53/160

55/152

30.5

30.1

5

5

avg 128

avg 129

Randomized patients, no AOR given

Good

PHI had no significant impact on mortality, but improved neurological outcome

Bochicchio 2003 [30]

18/78

14/113

20.1

19.2

4

4.4

avg 105

avg 111

No adjustments made, but no significant differences between groups

Fair

PHI associated with worse outcome

Bukur 2011 [31]

55/61

286/2305

26.7

18.4

3.3

11.7

73.8

4.5

5 (1.7–13.7), adjusted for mechanism of injury, mean SBP, hypotension, mean GCS, GCS <8, head AIS, mean ISS, ISS >16

Fair

PHI associated with worse outcome

Davis 2005 (I) [33]

1390/2414

537/1833

36.6

28.3

4.4

8

72

50

AOR 2.12 (1.81–2.5). AOR in article given as an inverse variant (0.47 (0.40–0.55). Corrected for age, gender, mechanism of injury, GCS, head AIS, ISS, shock

Fair

PHI associated with worse outcome

Davis 2005 (II) [32]

531/1250

428/993

      

AOR 1.42 (1.13–1.78) adjusted for age, sex, mechanism, preadmission hypotension, head AIS, ISS and pre-intubation GCS

Fair

PHI by aeromedical teams associated with better outcome than EDI after ground transport

Eckert 2004 [35]

  

26

18

4

8

avg 132

avg 132

No AOR given

Fair

PHI associated with worse outcome

Eckert 2006 [34]

16/62

51/353

21

19

5

7

avg 104

avg 125

AOR for intubation in the field 2.3 (1.1-4.9), ED 3.6 (2.5-5.2), inpatient 0.28 (0.2–0.4)

Fair

PHI associated with worse outcome

Eckstein 2000 [36]

87/93

268/403

35

29

    

AOR for pre-hospital intubation 5.3 (2.3–14.2). Corrected for sex, mechanism of injury and ISS

Fair

PHI associated with worse outcome

Evans 2010 [38]

32/412

10/160

27.2

27

4.1

11.6

avg 122,4

avg 125,5

No AOR given

Fair

No significant differences in outcomes between groups

Evans 2013 [37]

182/269

315/758

31

26

3

6

28.8

15.3

Logistic regression analysis including hypotension, age, ISS, GCS. Pre-hospital intubation 2.8 (1.1–7.6) Trauma centre intubation 2.6 (1.3–5.6)

Fair

PHI associated with worse outcome

Franschman 2011 [39]

101/233

42/103

32

25

3

5

23

11

No AOR given

Fair

No significant differences in outcomes between groups

Irvin 2010 [40]

1539/2491

2985/8457

31.6

24.2

3

3

avg 121,3

avg 130,1

Corrected for ISS, SBP, penetrating or blunt trauma, age, head injuries and improved GCS en route. For all patients AOR 1.93 (1.74–2.15)

Head injury only AOR 1.99 (1.35–2.93)

Body injury only AOR 2.54 (1.85–3.48)

Fair

PHI associated with worse outcome

Oswalt 1992 [41]

9/18

9/26

31.4

24.7

5.2

5.9

avg 78,5

avg 131

No AOR given

Fair

No significant differences in outcomes between groups

Shafi 2005 [42]

818/1185

4105/7601

35

33

3.7

4.1

48

33

Logistic regression including age, ISS, specific injuries, pre-existing conditions, PH-fluids and CPR. Survival 0.531 (0.441–0.65)

Inverse value: 1.88 (1.54–2.32)

Fair

PHI associated with worse outcome

Sloane 2000 [17]

3/21

12/54

31.4

29

5.2

5.8

  

No AOR given

Fair

No significant differences in mortality between groups, but higher occurrence of pneumonia in PHI group

Sollid 2010 [43]

108/240

10/47

  

3

6

  

No AOR given

Fair

Beyond scope of article

Tracy 2006 [44]

86/271

101/357

25.3

22.4

4

8.3

  

No AOR given

Fair

No significant differences in outcomes between groups

Tuma 2014 [45]

57/105

17/105

28

27

  

avg 129

avg 142

Unclear rationale for AOR

Fair

PHI associated with worse outcome

Vandromme 2011 [46]

30/64

35/85

38

33.7

4.1

5.9

avg 127,4

avg 151,3

Adjusted for GCS, SBP, RR and ISS. Adjusted RR 0.68 (0.36–1.19). Not possible to work out adjusted odds ratio

Fair

No significant differences in outcomes between groups

Wang 2004 [47]

871/1797

649/2301

    

21.8

8.7

Multivariate logistic regression with ISS, AIS-head and admission SBP. AOR 3.99 (3.21–4.93)

Fair

PHI associated with worse outcome

  1. PHI pre-hospital intubation, EDI emergency department intubation, ISS injury severity score, GCS Glasgow coma scale, SBP systolic blood pressure, avg average, AOR adjusted odds ratio, ED emergency department, RR risk ratio , AIS abbreviated injury scale