Identifying Trauma Patients in Need for Emergency Surgery in the Prehospital Setting: The Prehospital Prediction of In-Hospital Emergency Treatment (PROPHET) Study.

ABSTRACT: Prehospital field triage often fails to accurately identify the need for emergent surgical or non-surgical procedures, resulting in inefficient resource utilization and increased costs. This study aimed to analyze prehospital factors associated with the need for emergent procedures (such as surgery or interventional angiography) within 6 h of hospital admission. Additionally, our goal was to develop a prehospital triage tool capable of estimating the likelihood of requiring an emergent procedure following hospital admission. We conducted a retrospective observational study, analyzing both prehospital and in-hospital data obtained from the Lombardy Trauma Registry. We conducted a multivariable logistic regression analysis to identify independent predictors of emergency procedures within the

SUBMITTER: Isgro S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10607301 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature