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ArticleTrauma surgery & acute care open2021

Outcomes of major trauma among patients with chronic kidney disease and receiving dialysis in Nova Scotia: a retrospective analysis.

Ryan Pratt, Mete Erdogan, Robert Green, David Clark, Amanda Vinson, Karthik Tennankore

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Article in Trauma surgery & acute care open, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ryan PrattNephrology, QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-5922-5330
Mete ErdoganTrauma Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Health, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Robert GreenEmergency Medicine and Critical Care, QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
David ClarkNephrology, QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Amanda VinsonNephrology, QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Karthik TennankoreNephrology, QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre · CAHealth Sciences Centre · CANova Scotia Health Authority · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe risk of death and complications after major trauma in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is higher than in the general population, but whether this association holds true among Canadian trauma patients is unknown.

objectivesTo characterize patients with CKD/receiving dialysis within a regional major trauma cohort and compare their outcomes with patients without CKD.

methodsAll major traumas requiring hospitalization between 2006 and 2017 were identified from a provincial trauma registry in Nova Scotia, Canada. Trauma patients with stage ≥3 CKD (estimated glomerular filtration rate <60 mL/min/1.73 m

resultsIn total, 6237 trauma patients were identified, of whom 4997 lived within the regional nephrology catchment area. CKD/dialysis trauma patients (n=101; 28 on dialysis) were older than patients without CKD (n=4896), with higher rates of hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, and had increased risk of in-hospital mortality (31% vs 11%, p<0.001). No differences were observed in injury severity, ICU LOS, or ventilator-days. After adjustment for age, sex, and injury severity, the HR for in-hospital mortality was 1.90 (95% CI 1.33 to 2.70) for CKD/dialysis compared with patients without CKD.

conclusionIndependent of injury severity, patients without CKD/dialysis have significantly increased risk of in-hospital mortality after major trauma.

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