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. 2019 Nov 6;19(1):65.
doi: 10.1186/s12873-019-0282-x.

Association of Japan Coma Scale score on hospital arrival with in-hospital mortality among trauma patients

Tetsuya Yumoto  1 , Hiromichi Naito  2 , Takashi Yorifuji  3 , Toshiyuki Aokage  4 , Noritomo Fujisaki  2 , Atsunori Nakao  2
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Association of Japan Coma Scale score on hospital arrival with in-hospital mortality among trauma patients

Tetsuya Yumoto et al. BMC Emerg Med. .

Abstract

Background: The Japan Coma Scale (JCS) score has been widely used to assess patients' consciousness level in Japan. JCS scores are divided into four main categories: alert (0) and one-, two-, and three-digit codes based on an eye response test, each of which has three subcategories. The purpose of this study was to investigate the utility of the JCS score on hospital arrival in predicting outcomes among adult trauma patients.

Methods: Using the Japan Trauma Data Bank, we conducted a nationwide registry-based retrospective cohort study. Patients 16 years old or older directly transported from the trauma scene between January 2004 and December 2017 were included. Our primary outcome was in-hospital mortality. We examined outcome prediction accuracy based on area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) and multiple logistic regression analysis with multiple imputation.

Results: A total of 222,540 subjects were included; their in-hospital mortality rate was 7.1% (n = 15,860). The 10-point scale JCS and the total sum of Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) scores demonstrated similar performance, in which the AUROC (95% CIs) showed 0.874 (0.871-0.878) and 0.878 (0.874-0.881), respectively. Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that the higher the JCS score, the higher the predictability of in-hospital death. When we focused on the simple four-point scale JCS score, the adjusted odds ratio (95% confidence intervals [CIs]) were 2.31 (2.12-2.45), 4.81 (4.42-5.24), and 27.88 (25.74-30.20) in the groups with one-digit, two-digit, and three-digit scores, respectively, with JCS of 0 as a reference category.

Conclusions: JCS score on hospital arrival after trauma would be useful for predicting in-hospital mortality, similar to the GCS score.

Keywords: Glasgow coma scale; Japan Coma Scale; Mortality; Trauma; Traumatic brain injury.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Figures

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Fig. 1
Flow diagram of the study population JTDB: Japan Trauma Data Bank; AIS: Abbreviated Injury Scale.
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Fig. 2
Percentage distribution of in-hospital mortality based on Japan Coma Scale (a, b) and Glasgow Coma Scale scores (c-f)
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