A risk stratification tool for prehospital triage of patients exposed to a whiplash trauma.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Our aim was to develop a risk stratification model to predict the presence of a potentially more sinister injury in patients exposed to a whiplash trauma.

Methods

The study base comprised of 3,115 residents who first sought healthcare contact within one week after being exposed to a whiplash trauma between 1999-2008, from within a defined geographical area, Skaraborg County in south-western Sweden. Information about gender, age, time elapsed prior to seeking care, type of health care contact, and hospitalisation was retrieved. Seventeen potential risk factors were identified and evaluated using multivariable logistic regression.

Results

Of 3,115 patients, 215 (6.9%) required hospital admission so theoretically 93% could have been initially assessed by primar

SUBMITTER: Tenenbaum A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6516661 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature