Comparison of emergency department trauma triage performance of clinicians and clinical prediction models: a cohort study in India.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the abilities of clinicians and clinical prediction models to accurately triage emergency department (ED) trauma patients. We compared the decisions made by clinicians with the Revised Trauma Score (RTS), the Glasgow Coma Scale, Age and Systolic Blood Pressure (GAP) score, the Kampala Trauma Score (KTS) and the Gerdin et al model.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Three hospitals in urban India.

Participants

In total, 7697 adult patients who presented to participating hospitals with a history of trauma were approached for enrolment. The final study sample included 5155 patients. The majority (4023, 78.0%) were male.

Main outcome measure

The patient outcome was mortality within 30 d

SUBMITTER: Warnberg Gerdin L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7044989 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature