Predicting Mortality Following Traumatic Brain Injury or Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: An Analysis of the Validity of Standardized Mortality Ratios Obtained From the APACHE II and ICNARC H-2018 Models.
Matt Rowe, Jules Brown, Aidan Marsh, Julian Thompson
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Abstract
Introduction: Standardized mortality ratios (SMRs), calculated using the Acute Physiology, Age, Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) and Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre H-2018 (ICNARC H-2018 ) risk prediction models, are widely used in UK intensive care units (ICUs) to measure and compare the quality of critical care delivery. Both models incorporate an assumption of Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) if an actual GCS without sedation is not recordable in the first 24 hours after ICU admission. This study assesses the validity of the APACHE II and ICNARC H-2018 models to predict mortality in ICU patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) or aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) in whom GCS is related to outcomes.
Methods: In a retrospective analysis, the SMR calculated by the APACHE II and ICNARC H-2018 models for all UK ICU admissions in a 1-year period was compared with calculated SMRs in TBI/aSAH patients and at 3 GCS groups. Data for patients admitted to a single tertiary neurocritical care unit were similarly analyzed.
Results: Both models predicted mortality well for the overall TBI/aSAH population; SMR (95% confidence interval) was 1.00 (0.96-1.04) and 0.99 (0.95-1.03) for the APACHE II and ICNARC H-2018 models, respectively. When analyzed by GCS grouping, both models underpredicted mortality in TBI/aSAH patients with GCS ≤8 (SMR, 1.1 [1.05-1.15]) and "unrecordable" GCS (SMR, 1.88 [1.77-1.99]). Similar findings were identified in the local data analysis.
Discussion: The APACHE II and ICNARC H-2018 models predicted mortality well for the overall TBI/aSAH ICU population but underpredicted mortality when GCS was ≤8 or "unrecordable." This raises questions about the accuracy of these risk prediction models in TBI/aSAH patients and their use to evaluate treatments and compare outcomes between centers.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology (JNA) is a peer-reviewed publication directed to an audience of neuroanesthesiologists, neurosurgeons, neurosurgical monitoring specialists, neurosurgical support staff, and Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit personnel. The journal publishes original peer-reviewed studies in the form of Clinical Investigations, Laboratory Investigations, Clinical Reports, Review Articles, Journal Club synopses of current literature from related journals, presentation of Points of View on controversial issues, Book Reviews, Correspondence, and Abstracts from affiliated neuroanesthesiology societies.
JNA is the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience in Anesthesiology and Critical Care, the Neuroanaesthesia and Critical Care Society of Great Britain and Ireland, the Association de Neuro-Anesthésiologie Réanimation de langue Française, the Wissenschaftlicher Arbeitskreis Neuroanästhesie der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizen, the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutschsprachiger Neuroanästhesisten und Neuro-Intensivmediziner, the Korean Society of Neuroanesthesia, the Japanese Society of Neuroanesthesia and Critical Care, the Neuroanesthesiology Chapter of the Colegio Mexicano de Anesthesiología, the Indian Society of Neuroanesthesiology and Critical Care, and the Thai Society for Neuroanesthesia.