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Defining acute aortic syndrome following trauma: are abbreviated injury scale (AIS)
codes a useful surrogate descriptor?
Field ML, Bashir M, Sastry P, Cuerden R, Richens D
• Vehicle related blunt traumatic aortic injury typically results in exsanguination and fatality
• A small percentage of patients sustain a lesser, partial thickness aortic injury or contained rupture, allowing transfer to hospital
• The spectrum of aortic injuries included in the description of acute aortic syndrome include: intimal tear, intramural haematoma, localised dissection, contained and uncontained rupture
Objective
• To use Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) codes, used in trauma data bases, as a surrogate marker for entities within the spectrum of acute aortic syndrome
Hypothesis• The kinematics of injury are distinct for partial
thickness intimal tears and mural haematoma versus full thickness rupture
Results I – Abbreviated Injury Scales (AIS) codes
AIS code AIS Description
420299 4 thoracic aorta, NFS
420202 4 thoracic aorta, intimal tear, no disruption
420204 5 thoracic aorta, intimal tear, with aortic valve involvement
420212 5 thoracic aorta, laceration, major, with aortic root or valve involvement
420214 5 thoracic aorta, laceration, major, with paraplegia not due to direct spinal cord trauma
420216 5 thoracic aorta, laceration, major, with hemorrhage confined to mediastinum
420218 6 thoracic aorta, laceration, major, with hemorrhage not confined to mediastinum
Intimal injury
Mural injury
Rupture
AAS matched to AIS codes
Methods
• As part of the UK Cooperative Crash Injury Study, which performs detailed vehicle related crash scene analysis, including equivalence test speed (ETS), seatbelt usage, seat position and impact direction, we examined victims with aortic injuries categorised by AIS codes 420200 to 420299
Estimation of combined impact speeds in theLaboratory using vehicle deformation to calculateEstimated Test Speed (ETS)
Results• Of over 16000 analysed crashes in the UK-CCIS database, 132 involved
aortic injuries.• Using AIS codes as surrogate markers there were:
• Taking this selective group of 132 vehicle related fatalities with BTAI, we were able to relate entities within the spectrum of acute aortic disease to kinematics and mechanism of injury.
• Risk of partial thickness aortic injuries is higher in front and far side impacts while full thickness uncontained ruptures are more likely in near side impacts.
Results: Position in carAIS code AIS Description Front row Second row Unknown Total
420202 4 intimal tear, no disruption 8 1 9
420204 5 intimal tear, with aortic valve involvement 0