Accuracy of pre-hospital triage tools for major trauma: a systematic review with meta-analysis and net clinical benefit.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We conducted a systematic review to evaluate and compare the accuracy of pre-hospital triage tools for major trauma in the context of the development of the Italian National Institute of Health guidelines on major trauma integrated management.

Methods

PubMed, Embase, and CENTRAL were searched up to November 2019 for studies investigating pre-hospital triage tools. The ROC (receiver operating characteristics) curve and net clinical benefit for all selected triage tools were performed. Quality assessment was performed using the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies-2. Certainty of the evidence was judged with the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach.

Results

We found 15 observational studies of 13 tria

SUBMITTER: Gianola S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8193906 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature