Intubation Setting and Mortality in Trauma Patients Undergoing Hemorrhage Control Surgery: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis
Authors' conclusion
ED intubation was not significantly associated with increased in-hospital mortality after controlling for injury severity and shock.
Study context
- Population
- Major trauma (ISS ≥16) patients requiring hemorrhage control surgery, Israeli National Trauma Registry, 2016–2023271 per group matched
- Participants
- 975 participants
- Exposure
- Emergency department (ED) intubation vs OR intubation
- ED intubationn = 470
- Outcome
- In-hospital mortality
Methodological detailsregistry-based, nationwide, propensity-score matched, multivariable logistic regression
- Registry-based
- Nationwide
- Propensity-score matched
- Multivariable logistic regression
Main finding
In-hospital mortality (propensity-matched)
Odds ratio
0.97
95% CI 0.58–1.61
By group
ED intubation vs OR intubation
OR 0.97 (95% CI 0.58–1.61)
As reported in the abstract
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
| Outcome | ED intubation | OR intubation | OR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In-hospital mortality (unadjusted)Unadjusted | 22.6% | 8.5% | 3.13 (2.15–4.62) | |
| 0.20.5125Odds ratio (log scale) |
ICU admission
- ED intubation associated with >2-fold increase in odds of ICU admission in adjusted and propensity-matched analyses
Original publication
Intubation Setting and Mortality in Trauma Patients Undergoing Hemorrhage Control Surgery: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis. Anesth Analg. Published 16 May 2025. doi:10.
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