The BIG Score and Prediction of Mortality in Pediatric Blunt Trauma

• Published in: The Journal of pediatrics Vol. 167; no. 3; pp. 593 - 598.e1
• Main Authors: Davis, Adrienne L., MD, FRCPC, Wales, Paul W., MD, MSc, FRCSC, Malik, Tahira, BS, Stephens, Derek, MSc, Razik, Fathima, MD, Schuh, Suzanne, MD, FRCPC
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.09.2015
• Subjects: Adolescent; Child; Child, Preschool; Emergency Service, Hospital; Female; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Infant; Intensive Care Units, Pediatric - statistics & numerical data; Male; Pediatrics; Probability; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; ROC Curve; Trauma Severity Indices; Wounds, Nonpenetrating - complications; Wounds, Nonpenetrating - mortality; BD; Injury Severity score; ROC; ISS; INR; Intensive care unit; Emergency department; Receiver operating characteristic; Base deficit; Glasgow Coma Scale; GCS; International normalized ratio; ICU; ED

Objectives To examine the association between in-hospital mortality and the BIG (composed of the base deficit [B], International normalized ratio [I], Glasgow Coma Scale [G]) score measured on arrival to the emergency department in pediatric blunt trauma patients, adjusted for pre-hospital intubatio...