Journal of Trauma & Treatment

Independent Predictors of Early Death of Polytrauma Patients: An Analysis of 696 Patients

Abstract

Ladislav Mica, Katja Albrecht, Marius Keel and Otmar Trentz

Polytrauma patients are at high risk to die due to acute physiological deterioration after a high injury load within the first hours. Trauma scores such as ISS, NISS and APACHE II and laboratory parameters were collected at admission. The aim of this study was to evaluate the independent predictors of early death of the polytrauma patient.