Relationship between systolic blood pressure and mortality in older vs younger trauma patients - a retrospective multicentre observational study.
Axel BenhamedBrice BatomenValérie BoucherKrishan YadavChartelin Jean IsaacEric MercierFrancis BernardJulien Blais-L'écuyerKarim TazarourteMarcel ÉmondPublished in: BMC emergency medicine (2023)
The relationship between SBP and mortality is nonlinear, regardless of trauma severity and age. Older age was associated with a higher odd of mortality at all SBP points. Future triage tools should therefore consider SBP as a continuous rather than a dichotomized predictor.
Keyphrases
- blood pressure
- trauma patients
- cardiovascular events
- emergency department
- physical activity
- risk factors
- heart failure
- middle aged
- clinical trial
- community dwelling
- left ventricular
- type diabetes
- coronary artery disease
- randomized controlled trial
- hypertensive patients
- cross sectional
- weight loss
- skeletal muscle
- double blind
- glycemic control