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A prospective evaluation of missed injuries in trauma patients, before and after formalising the trauma tertiary survey
Keijzers, Gerben B. Campbell, Don Hooper, Jeffrey Bost, Nerolie Crilly, Julia Steele, Michael Craig Del Mar, Chris Geeraedts, Leo M.G.
Keijzers, Gerben B.
Campbell, Don
Hooper, Jeffrey
Bost, Nerolie
Crilly, Julia
Steele, Michael Craig
Del Mar, Chris
Geeraedts, Leo M.G.
Abstract
Objective: This study prospectively evaluated in-hospital and postdischarge missed injury rates in admitted trauma patients, before and after the formalisation of a trauma tertiary survey (TTS) procedure. Methods: Prospective before-and-after cohort study. TTS were formalised in a single regional level II trauma hospital in November 2009. All multitrauma patients admitted between March–October 2009 (preformalisation of TTS) and December 2009–September 2010 (post-) were assessed for missed injury, classified into three types: Type I, in-hospital, (injury missed at initial assessment, detected within 24 h); Type II, in-hospital (detected in hospital after 24 h, missed at initial assessment and by TTS); Type III, postdischarge (detected after hospital discharge). Secondary outcome measures included TTS performance rates and functional outcomes at 1 and 6 months. Results” A total of 487 trauma patients were included (pre-: n = 235; post-: n = 252). In-hospital missed injury rate (Types I and II combined) was similar for both groups (3.8 vs. 4.8 %, P = 0.61), as were postdischarge missed injury rates (Type III) at 1 month (13.7 vs. 11.5 %, P = 0.43), and 6 months (3.8 vs. 3.3 %, P = 0.84) after discharge. TTS performance was substantially higher in the post-group (27 vs. 42 %, P < 0.001). Functional outcomes for both cohorts were similar at 1 and 6 months follow-up. Conclusions: This is the first study to evaluate missed injury rates after hospital discharge and demonstrated cumulative missed injury rates > 15 %. Some of these injuries were clinically relevant. Although TTS performance was significantly improved by formalising the process (from 27 to 42 %), this did not decrease missed injury rates.
Keywords
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Date
2014
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Journal article
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World Journal of Surgery
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38
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1
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222-232
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School of Allied Health
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Faculty of Health Sciences
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