Description

The Penetrating Abdominal Trauma Index (PATI) can be used to assess the severity of injury in patients with knife, gunshot or other penetrating wounds to the abdomen. The index can be used to compare performance of different emergency care settings.


Patient evaluation:

(1) 14 organs are examined

(2) The risk associated with injury to each organ is graded from 1 to 5.

(3) The estimated severity of each type of injury is graded from 1 to 5.

 

 

Organ Injured

Risk Factor

Injury

Injury Estimate

duodenum

5

single wall

1

 

 

<= 25% wall

2

 

 

> 25% wall

3

 

 

duodenal wall and blood supply

4

 

 

pancreaticoduodenectomy

5

pancreas

5

tangential

1

 

 

through-and-through (duct intact)

2

 

 

major debridement or distal duct injury

3

 

 

proximal duct injury

4

 

 

pancreaticoduodenectomy

5

liver

4

nonbleeding peripheral

1

 

 

bleeding, central or minor debridement

2

 

 

major debridement or hepatic artery ligation

3

 

 

lobectomy

4

 

 

lobectomy with caval repair or extensive bilobar debridement

5

large intestine

4

serosal

1

 

 

single wall

2

 

 

<= 25% wall

3

 

 

> 25% wall

4

 

 

colon wall and blood supply

5

major vascular

4

<= 25% wall

1

 

 

> 25% wall

2

 

 

complete transection

3

 

 

interposition grafting or bypass

4

 

 

ligation

5

spleen

3

nonbleeding

1

 

 

cautery or hemostatic agent

2

 

 

minor debridement or suturing

3

 

 

partial resection

4

 

 

splenectomy

5

kidney

3

nonbleeding

1

 

 

minor debridement or suturing

2

 

 

major debridement

3

 

 

pedicle or major calyceal

4

 

 

nephrectomy

5

extrahepatic biliary

2

contusion

1

 

 

cholecystectomy

2

 

 

<= 25% common duct wall

3

 

 

> 25% common duct wall

4

 

 

biliary enteric reconstruction

5

small bowel

2

single wall

1

 

 

through-and-through

2

 

 

<= 25% wall or 2-3 injuries

3

 

 

> 25% wall or 4-5 injuries

4

 

 

wall and blood supply or > 5 injuries

5

stomach

2

single wall

1

 

 

through-and-through

2

 

 

minor debridement

3

 

 

wedge resection

4

 

 

> 35% resection

5

ureter

2

contusion

1

 

 

laceration

2

 

 

minor debridement

3

 

 

segmental resection

4

 

 

reconstruction

5

bladder

1

single wall

1

 

 

through-and-through

2

 

 

debridement

3

 

 

wedge resection

4

 

 

reconstruction

5

bone

1

periosteum

1

 

 

cortex

2

 

 

through-and-through

3

 

 

intra-articular

4

 

 

major bone loss

5

minor vascular

1

nonbleeding small hematoma

1

 

 

nonbleeding large hematoma

2

 

 

suturing

3

 

 

ligation of isolated vessels

4

 

 

ligation of named vessels

5

 

where:

• The percent injury to an organ wall probably indicates the portion of the entire circumference involved.

 

organ score =

= (risk factor) * (injury estimate)

 

penetrating abdominal trauma index (PATI) =

= SUM(all injured organs)

 

Interpretation:

• minimum PATI: 0

• maximum PATI: 200

 

Risk of postoperative complications:

• The risk of postoperative complications is low if the PATI is <= 25.

• The rate of postoperative complications increases sharply if the PATI > 25.


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