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Published on: August 16, 2019
Traumatic Brain Injury Patients Mortality and Serum Total Antioxidant Capacity
Leonardo Lorente1, María M Martín2, Antonia Pérez-Cejas3
1Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, 38320 Ofra s/n. La Laguna, Spain.
Objective:
Oxidation is involved in secondary brain injury after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Increased concentrations of total antioxidant capacity (TAC) in blood at the time of admission for TBI have been found in non-surviving patients. The main objective of this study was to determine the role of serum TAC levels at any time during the first week of TBI for the prediction of early mortality.
Methods:
Isolated (<10 points in non-cranial aspects of Injury Severity Score) and severe (<9 points in Glasgow Coma Scale) TBI patients were included. Serum TAC concentrations at days 1, 4, and 8 of TBI were determined. The end-point study was 30-day mortality.
Results:
Higher serum TAC levels at days 1 (p < 0.001), 4 (p < 0.001), and 8 (p = 0.002) of TBI were found in non-surviving (n = 34) than in surviving patients (n = 90). The area under curve (95% Confidence Interval) for prediction of 30-day mortality by serum TAC concentrations at days 1, 4, and 8 of TBI were 0.79 (0.71-0.86; p < 0.001), 0.87 (0.79-0.93; p < 0.001), and 0.76 (0.67-0.84; p = 0.006) respectively.
Conclusions:
The novelty of our study was the ability to predict 30-day mortality by serum TAC concentrations at any time during the first week of TBI.
