Trauma-related preventable death; data analysis and panel review at a level 1 trauma centre in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Trauma-related death is used as a parameter to evaluate the quality of trauma care and identify cases in which mortality could have been prevented under optimal trauma care conditions. The aim of this study was to identify trauma-related preventable death (TRPD) within our institute by an external expert panel and to evaluate inter-panel reliability.

Methods

Trauma-related deaths between the 1st of January 2020 and the 1st of February 2022 at the Amsterdam University Medical Centre were identified. The severely injured patients (injury severity score ≥ 16) were enrolled for preventability analysis by an external multidisciplinary panel, consisting of a trauma surgeon, anaesthesiologist, emergency physician, neurosurgeon, and forensic physician. Case descriptions were

SUBMITTER: Mikdad S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11666599 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature