Trauma's hidden toll: new study probes blood changes that raise infection risk

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Trauma population Inclusion Criteria: 1. All adults age ≥ 18 years 2. Blunt and/or penetrating trauma resulting in long bone or pelvic fractures requiring open reduction internal fixation or closed reduction percutaneous pinning 3. Blunt and/or penetrating trauma patient with a. Injury Severity Score (ISS) greater than or equal to 25 b. ISS \> 15 and one of the following: i. \> 4 units of packed red blood cell or \>3 units of whole blood or \>1500 ml of autogenous blood product in the first 24 hours of admission ii. AIS (acute injury score) \> 2 spine iii. Shock on arrival (SBP \< 90) OR c. ISS \> 15 and two of the following: i. Age \> 55 ii. AIS \> 2 chest iii. +ethyl alcohol on arrival iv. Any red blood cell transfusion in first 24 hours Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients not expected to survive greater than 48 hours. 2. Prisoners. 3. Pregnancy. 4. Patients receiving chronic corticosteroids or immunosuppression therapies. 5. Previous bone marrow transplantation. 6. Patients with End Stage Renal Disease. 7. Patients with any pre-existing hematological disease. 8. Patients deemed to be futile care or have advanced directives limiting resuscitative efforts. 9. Patients with severe congestive heart failure (NY Heart Association Class IV). 10. Known HIV infection with CD4+ (clusters of differentiation) count \<200 cells/mm3 11. Chronic liver disease with MELD (Model for End-Stage Liver Disease) score ≥15 Elective Hip population Inclusion Criteria: 1. All adults (age ≥18) 2. Patient undergoing elective hip repair for non-infectious reasons. 3. Ability to obtain Informed Consent prior to operation. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Pregnancy. 2. Prisoners. 3. Patients receiving chronic corticosteroids or immunosuppression therapies. 4. Pre-existing conditions such as pathological fractures, cancer, history of HIV, or history of connective tissue disease. 5. Previous bone marrow transplantation. 6. Patients with End Stage Renal Disease. 7. Patients with any pre-existing hematological disease. 8. Patients with known active/symptomatic COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease).