Mortality of traumatic chest injury and its predictors across sub-saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis, 2024.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Globally, chest trauma remain as a prominent contributor to both morbidity and mortality. Notably, patients experiencing blunt chest trauma exhibit a higher mortality rate (11.65%) compared to those with penetrating chest trauma (5.63%).

Aim

This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the mortality rate and its determinants in cases of traumatic chest injuries.

Methods

The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) checklist guided the data synthesis process. Multiple advanced search methods, encompassing databases such as PubMed, Africa Index Medicus, Scopus, Embase, Science Direct, HINARI, and Google Scholar, were employed. The elimination of duplicate studies occurred using EndNote version X9. Quality asses

SUBMITTER: Adal O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10900610 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature