Performance of Prognostication Scores for Mortality in Injured Patients in Rwanda.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

While trauma prognostication and triage scores have been designed for use in lower-resourced healthcare settings specifically, the comparative clinical performance between trauma-specific and general triage scores for risk-stratifying injured patients in such settings is not well understood. This study evaluated the Kampala Trauma Score (KTS), Revised Trauma Score (RTS), and Triage Early Warning Score (TEWS) for accuracy in predicting mortality among injured patients seeking emergency department (ED) care at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali (CHUK) in Rwanda.

Methods

A retrospective, randomly sampled cohort of ED patients presenting with injury was accrued from August 2015-July 2016. Primary outcome was 14-day mortality and secondary outcome was ove

SUBMITTER: Tang OY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7972380 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature