The found down patient: A Western Trauma Association multicenter study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Unconscious patients who present after being "found down" represent a unique triage challenge. These patients are selected for either trauma or medical evaluation based on limited information and have been shown in a single-center study to have significant occult injuries and/or missed medical diagnoses. We sought to further characterize this population in a multicenter study and to identify predictors of mistriage.

Methods

The Western Trauma Association Multicenter Trials Committee conducted a retrospective study of patients categorized as found down by emergency department triage diagnosis at seven major trauma centers. Demographic, clinical, and outcome data were collected. Mistriage was defined as patients being admitted to a non-triage-activated service. Logi

SUBMITTER: Howard BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4684961 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature