title: Trauma management incorporating focused assessment with computed tomography in trauma (FACTT) - potential effect on survival.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Immediate recognition of life-threatening conditions and injuries is the key to trauma management. To date, the impact of focused assessment with computed tomography in trauma (FACTT) has not been formally assessed. We aimed to find out whether the concept of using FACTT during primary trauma survey has a negative or positive effect on survival.
  
  
  METHODS
  In a retrospective, multicentre study, we compared our time management and probability of survival (Ps) in major trauma patients who received FACTT during trauma resuscitation with the trauma registry of the German Trauma Society (DGU). FACTT is defined as whole-body computed tomography (WBCT) during primary trauma survey. We determined the probability of survival according to the Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS), the Revised Injury Severity Classification score (RISC) and the standardized mortality ratio (SMR).
  
  
  RESULTS
  We analysed 4.817 patients from the DGU database from 2002 until 2004, 160 (3.3%) were from our trauma centre at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) and 4.657 (96.7%) from the DGU group. 73.2% were male with a mean age of 42.5 years, a mean ISS of 29.8. 96.2% had suffered from blunt trauma. Time from admission to FAST (focused assessment with sonography for trauma)(4.3 vs. 8.7 min), chest x-ray (8.1 vs. 16.0 min) and whole-body CT (20.7 vs. 36.6 min) was shorter at the LMU compared to the other trauma centres (p < 0.001). SMR calculated by TRISS was 0.74 (CI95% 0.40-1.08) for the LMU (p = 0.24) and 0.92 (CI95% 0.84-1.01) for the DGU group (p = 0.10). RISC methodology revealed a SMR of 0.69 (95%CI 0.47-0.92) for the LMU (p = 0.043) and 1.00 (95%CI 0.94-1.06) for the DGU group (p = 0.88).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Trauma management incorporating FACTT enhances a rapid response to life-threatening problems and enables a comprehensive assessment of the severity of each relevant injury. Due to its speed and accuracy, FACTT during primary trauma survey supports rapid decision-making and may increase survival.
authors.affiliation: Munich University Hospital, Department of Trauma Surgery - Campus Innenstadt, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany. karl-georg.kanz@med.uni-muenchen.de.
authors.forename: Karl-Georg
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Kanz
authors.forename: April O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: Rolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lefering
authors.forename: Mike V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Kay
authors.forename: Uwe
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kreimeier
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Linsenmaier
authors.forename: Wolf
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mutschler
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Huber-Wagner
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