Derivation and Validation of a Score Using Prehospital Data to Identify Adults With Trauma Requiring Early Laparotomy.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

A scoring tool to identify which adults with traumatic injury will require early laparotomy could help improve prehospital triage and system readiness.

Objective

To develop and validate a prediction model using prehospital information for early laparotomy following trauma.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study analyzed data from the 2017 version of the American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Improvement Program database. All adult patients with traumatic injury aged 18 years or older who were admitted to a US trauma center in 2017 were included. Patients were randomly assigned to a derivation or validation cohort. Data were collected and analyzed between July 2020 and September 2020.

Main outcomes and measures

The prim

SUBMITTER: Gutierrez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8804917 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature