Evaluation of door to operation theatre time following activation of trauma team
- Author:
Nik Azlan Nik Muhamad
1
;
Ong Sheue Fen
1
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords: Injury severity score; trauma; Glasgow coma scale; Malaysia
- From: The Medical Journal of Malaysia 2019;74(2):116-120
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
- Abstract: Introduction: This study evaluates factors that influence door to operation theatre (OT) time in a tertiary referral centre following activation of trauma team. Specific factors observed in this study were association of the injury severity score (ISS), activation of trauma team and the number of referred specialty to door to operation theatre time. Methods: Retrospective chart review that evaluates all trauma patients which required immediate operative intervention from January 2011 to December 2015. Trauma patients were selected from the resuscitation log book and data were collected by chart review of selected patients. Results: Only 5 out of 279 patients (1.8%) achieved optimal door to OT time. (<60 minutes) Mean door to OT time was 299.27 minutes (95% CI: 280.52, 318.52). Trauma team activation has shown significant improvement in door to OT time (p=0.047). Time of multiple team referrals (p=0.023) and time of operative decision (p<0.001) both had significant impact on door to OT time. Other factors included were demographics, ISS score, Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), mechanism of injury and systolic blood pressure on arrival all which showed no significance.
- Full text:6.2019.my1401.pdf
