Predictors of Mortality in Bicycle-Related Trauma: An Eight-Year Experience in a Level One Trauma Center

Abstract

Background: Bicycle-related trauma has increased during the last decades, mainly due to the antipollution environmental policies. This study investigates the outcome of bicycle-related trauma in our level-one trauma center over a period of eight years. Methods: Data from 446 consecutive bicycle-related trauma patients admitted to our trauma center from 2011 to 2019 were selected and retrospectively analyzed. The sample was divided into three age groups: p ≤ 0.001), higher levels of lactates (p p ≤ 0.001), probability of death (p ≤ 0.001), and overall mortality (p ≤ 0.001). The head and chest Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) ≥ 3 injuries were predictors of mortality, especially in patients over 55 years (p 25 were independent predictors of mortality.

Keywords

• emergency surgery
• trauma center
• trauma
• emergency medicine