Performance of the Paediatric Trauma Score on survival prediction of injured children at a major trauma centre: A retrospective Colombian cohort, 2011-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite improvements in children's health due to a reduction in infections, trauma continues to cause many deaths among adolescents. Strategies to mitigate morbidity and mortality from trauma include severity scores to classify and refer patients to the appropriate hospitals to provide better management; however, these strategies have not been assessed in Colombian children. This study aimed to describe the characteristics and outcomes of injured children and evaluate the performance of the Pediatric Trauma Score (PTS) in predicting survival at a major trauma centre in a Colombian city.

Methods

This was a retrospective cohort study of children aged <18 years who were treated for injuries at a hospital in Colombia. The primary outcome was 30-day mortality. A simple

SUBMITTER: De Los Rios-Perez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9903890 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature