Comparison of Vital Sign Cutoffs to Identify Children With Major Trauma.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Vital signs are essential components in the triage of injured children. The Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) physiologic criteria are frequently used for trauma assessments.

Objective

To evaluate the performance of ATLS and PALS criteria vs empirically derived criteria for identifying major trauma in children.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study used 2021 American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) data contributed by US trauma centers. Included encounters involved pediatric patients (aged <18 years) with severe injury, excluding those who experienced out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, were receiving mechanical ventilation, or were transferred from another fa

SUBMITTER: Gorski JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10873773 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature