Predicting factors and incidence of preventable trauma induced mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Trauma is one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Since the definition of preventable death has been described many studies like current one were conducted to evaluate this issue.

Methods

This cohort retrospective study investigated archived medical files of trauma victims from 2017 to 2020 in a referral single-center trauma hospital. Registered demographic data, vital signs, Glasgow coma scale (GCS), timing of trauma and death, executed interventions, type and mechanism of trauma in addition to time errors, clinical mismanagements, and missed injuries were extracted. Injury severity score, revised trauma score, and probability of survival based on TRISS method for each case were calculated. Eventually preventable and non-preventable

SUBMITTER: Davoodabadi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8340039 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature