COVID-19 in trauma: a propensity-matched analysis of COVID and non-COVID trauma patients.
Eric O YeatesAreg GrigorianMorgan SchellenbergNatthida OwattanapanichGalinos BarmparasDaniel MarguliesCatherine JuillardKent GarberHenry CryerAreti TillouSigrid BurrussRyan Arthur FiguerasGeorgi MladenovMegan BrennerChristopher FirekTodd CostantiniJarrett SantorelliTerry CurryDiane WintzWalter L BifflKathryn B SchafferThomas K DuncanCasey BarbaroGraal DiazArianne JohnsonJustine ChinnAriana NaasehAmanda LeungChristina GrabarJeffry NahmiasPublished in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society (2021)
This multicenter retrospective study found increased rates of mortality and pneumonia, as well as a longer LOS, for COVID trauma patients compared to a propensity-matched cohort of non-COVID patients. Further studies are warranted to validate these findings and to elucidate the underlying pathways responsible for higher mortality in COVID trauma patients.