Description

Kahnamoui et al reported the TRAAGIC score for predicting inpatient mortality for a trauma patient. The authors are from McMaster University and Hamilton Health Services in Canada.


TRAAGIC = transfusion, age, airway, hyperglycemia, INR, creatiniine

 

Patient selection: adult trauma patient

 

Parameters:

(1) transfusion (TR)

(2) age (A)

(3) airway (A), with or without endotracheal intubation

(4) blood glucose (G) on arrival, in mmol/L

(5) INR (I)

(6) serum creatinine (C) within first 24 hours, in µmol/L

 

Parameter

Finding

Odds Ratio

Point

transfusion

none

1

0

 

any

1.6

1

age

<= 50 years

1

0

 

> 50 years

4.4

1

airway

not intubated

1

0

 

intubated

6.3

1

glucose

<= 11 mmol/L

1

0

 

> 11 mmol/L

3.2

1

INR

<= 1.3

1

0

 

> 1.3

2.5

1

creatinine

<= 120 µmol/L

1

0

 

> 120 µmol/L

1.6

1

 

unweighted score =

= SUM(points for all 6 parameters)

 

Interpretation:

minimum unweighted score: 0

maximum unweighted score: 6

The higher the score the greater the risk of inpatient mortality.

 

Score

Mortality Rate

0

0.3%

1

5%

2

29%

3

37%

4

57%

5 or 6

93%

 

Performance:

The area under the ROC curve for the unweighted score is 0.85.


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