The OPALS major trauma Study: impact of advanced life-support on survival and morbidity

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作者
Stiell, Ian G. [1 ,3 ]
Nesbitt, Lisa P. [3 ]
Pickett, William [4 ]
Munkley, Douglas [5 ]
Spaite, Daniel W. [6 ]
Banek, Jane [3 ]
Field, Brian [7 ]
Luinstra-Toohey, Lorraine [5 ]
Maloney, Justin [8 ]
Dreyer, Jon [9 ]
Lyver, Marion [10 ]
Campeau, Tony [11 ]
Wells, George A. [2 ,3 ]
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[1] Univ Ottawa, Dept Emergency Med, Ottawa, ON, Canada
[2] Univ Ottawa, Dept Epidemiol & Community Hlth, Ottawa, ON, Canada
[3] Ottawa Hlth Res Inst, Clin Epidemiol Program, Ottawa, ON, Canada
[4] Queens Univ, Dept Emergency Med, Kingston, ON, Canada
[5] Greater Niagara Base Hosp, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada
[6] Univ Arizona, Dept Emergency Med, Tucson, AZ USA
[7] Interdev Technol, Toronto, ON, Canada
[8] Ottawa Base Hosp Program, Ottawa, ON, Canada
[9] Univ Western Ontario, Div Emergency Med, London, ON, Canada
[10] McMaster Univ, Dept Family Med, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada
[11] Ontario Minist Hlth & Long Term Care, Emergency Hlth Serv Campeau, Toronto, ON, Canada
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10.1503/cmaj.071154
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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Background: To date, the benefit of prehospital advanced life-support programs on trauma-related mortality and morbidity has not been established Methods: The Ontario Prehospital Advanced Life Support ( OPALS) Major Trauma Study was a before-after systemwide controlled clinical trial conducted in 17 cities. We enrolled adult patients who had experienced major trauma in a basic life-support phase and a subsequent advanced life-support phase ( during which paramedics were able to perform endotracheal intubation and administer fluids and drugs intravenously). The primary outcome was survival to hospital discharge. Results: Among the 2867 patients enrolled in the basic life-support (n= 1373) and advanced life-support ( n= 1494) phases, characteristics were similar, including mean age (44.8 v. 47.5 years), frequency of blunt injury (92.0% v. 91.4%), median injury severity score ( 24 v. 22) and percentage of patients with Glasgow Coma Scale score less than 9 (27.2% v. 22.1%). Survival did not differ overall (81.1% among patients in the advanced life-support phase v. 81.8% among those in the basic life-support phase; p=0.65). Among patients with Glasgow Coma Scale score less than 9, survival was lower among those in the advanced life-support phase (50.9% v. 60.0%; p= 0.02). The adjusted odds of death for the advanced life-support v. basic life-support phases were nonsignificant (1.2, 95% confidence interval 0.9-1.7; p= 0.16). Interpretation: The OPALS Major Trauma Study showed that systemwide implementation of full advanced life-support programs did not decrease mortality or morbidity for major trauma patients. We also found that during the advanced life-support phase, mortality was greater among patients with Glasgow Coma Scale scores less than 9. We believe that emergency medical services should carefully re-evaluate the indications for and application of prehospital advanced life-support measures for patients who have experienced major trauma.
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