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Trauma Early Mortality Prediction Tool (TEMPT) for assessing 28-day mortality

Ryan C Kunitake, Lucy Z Kornblith, Mitchell Jay Cohen, Rachael A Callcut
DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000131 Published 8 January 2018
Ryan C Kunitake
1 Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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Lucy Z Kornblith
1 Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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Mitchell Jay Cohen
2 Department of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
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Rachael A Callcut
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  • Table 1

    Baseline characteristics and assessment of randomization

    VariableAll patients (n=1427)Derivation (n=707)Validation (n=720)
    nMedian or %nMedian or %nMedian or %P value
    Age142735 years70735 years72036 years0.24
    Sex
      Male116081.2%56980.5%59181.9%0.51
      Female26918.8%13819.5%13118.1%
    Body mass index108326.053225.856126.00.59
    Race
      Caucasian/Latino78354.8%38554.5%39855.1%0.97
      Black33923.7%16623.5%17324.0%
      Asian18513.0%9513.4%9012.5%
      Pacific Islander90.6%50.7%40.6%
      Native American80.6%40.6%40.6%
      Other362.5%202.8%162.2%
      Unknown694.8%324.5%375.1%
    Injury Severity Score138914.068913.070014.00.24
    Blunt injury80156.3%38354.3%41858.1%0.15
    Traumatic brain injury51936.4%24835.2%27137.6%0.34
    Mortality at 28 days25317.7%11716.6%13618.8%0.26
  • Table 2

    Univariate analysis of the derivation cohort

    VariablenOR95% CIP value
    Traumatic brain injury70511.527.04 to 18.83<0.001
    INR6563.961.90 to 8.22<0.001
    Blunt injury7052.461.59 to 3.80<0.001
    Creatinine (mg/dL)6861.751.26 to 2.430.001
    PTT (s)6571.141.10 to 1.18<0.001
    Age (years)7071.031.02 to 1.04<0.001
    Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)6921.011.00 to 1.020.002
    Platelets (×103/µL)6860.990.99 to 1.00<0.001
    Base excess (mmol/L)5150.950.92 to 0.980.001
    Hemoglobin (g/dL)6890.830.76 to 0.91<0.001
    Temperature (°C)4890.430.33 to 0.57<0.001
    • ↵PTT, partial thromboplastin time.

  • Table 3

    Youden index cut-offs of the derivation cohort

    VariableCut-off
    Age (years)≥59.50
    Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)≥163.50
    Creatinine (mg/dL)≥1.35
    INR≥1.25
    PTT (s)≥31.40
    Hemoglobin (g/dL)≤12.75
    Platelets (103/µL)≤224.50
    Base excess (mmol/L)≤−4.35
    Temperature (°C)≤36.25
    • ↵INR, international normalised ratio; PTT, partial thromboplastin time.

  • Table 4

    Multiple logistic regression of the derivation and validation cohorts

    VariablesDerivation (n=334)Validation (n=327)
    OR95% CIP valueOR95% CIP value
    Traumatic brain injury9.73.6 to 26.1<0.00110.63.7 to 30.9<0.001
    Age (years)8.03.0 to 21.4<0.0019.63.6 to 25.4<0.001
    Systolic blood pressure(mm Hg)4.61.7 to 12.30.0035.31.9 to 14.60.001
    Base excess (mmol/L)3.81.5 to 9.40.0043.00.8 to 4.80.16
    PTT (s)3.51.4 to 8.80.0085.82.1 to 15.70.001
    INR2.81.0 to 8.00.0492.21.1 to 8.50.04
    Temperature (°C)1.90.8 to 4.60.171.90.9 to 4.80.09
  • Table 5

    Calibration of models

    Modeln P value
    Trauma Early Mortality Prediction Tool3050.45
    Trauma Injury Severity Score (2009)3050.11
    Trauma Injury Severity Score (1995)3050.18
    Revised Trauma Score3050.04
    Glasgow Coma Scale3050.045
    Injury Severity Score3050.26
  • Table 6

    Performance of the Trauma Early Mortality Prediction Tool compared with previously published scores

    ModelMild to moderately injured (n=157)Severely injured (n=148)
    Area under the curve95% CI95% CI*  PArea under the curve95% CI95% CI*P value
    Trauma Early Mortality Prediction Tool1.000.99 to 1.000.99 to 1.000.840.82 to 0.930.76 to 0.90
    Trauma Injury Severity Score (2009)0.690.22 to 1.000.38 to 0.950.200.830.75 to 0.900.75 to 0.890.70
    Trauma Injury Severity Score (1995)0.780.59 to 0.970.63 to 0.900.020.890.83 to 0.940.82 to 0.930.15
    Revised Trauma Score0.710.77 to 0.890.62 to 0.78<0.0010.800.77 to 0.890.72 to 0.870.38
    Glasgow Coma Scale0.720.78 to 0.890.63 to 0.79<0.0010.830.78 to 0.890.74 to 0.880.52
    Injury Severity Score0.690.79 to 0.900.51 to 0.870.030.680.79 to 0.900.58 to 0.760.002
    • ↵*Bootstrap result.

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Ryan C Kunitake, Lucy Z Kornblith, Mitchell Jay Cohen, Rachael A Callcut
Trauma Surg Acute Care Open Jan 2018, 3 (1) e000131; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000131

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Ryan C Kunitake, Lucy Z Kornblith, Mitchell Jay Cohen, Rachael A Callcut
Trauma Surg Acute Care Open Jan 2018, 3 (1) e000131; DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2017-000131
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