Outcome assessment of blunt trauma patients who are undertriaged

Surgery

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 239-245

  Cherry, Robert A ^a   Bradburn, Eric ^a   Nichols, Pamela A ^a   Snavely, Theresa M ^a   Boehmer, Susan Janine ^a   Mauger, David T ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRANIOTOMY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FIBULA FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAPLEGIA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; TRACHEOTOMY; ADULT; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PENNSYLVANIA; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRIAGE; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955290184     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. R. Knopp, A. Yanagi, G. Kallsen, A. Geide, and L. Doehring Mechanism of injury and anatomic injury as criteria for prehospital trauma triage Ann Emerg Med 17 1988 895 902
2. D.J. Ciesla, J.A. Sava, J.H. Street 3rd, and M.H. Jordan Secondary overtriage: a consequence of an immature trauma system J Am Coll Surg 206 2008 131 137
3. J.G. West, M.A. Murdock, L.C. Baldwin, and E. Whalen A method for evaluating field triage criteria J Trauma 26 1986 655 659
4. E.M. Cottington, J.C. Young, C.M. Shufflebarger, F. Kyes, F.V. Peterson Jr., and D.L. Diamond The utility of physiological status, injury site, and injury mechanism in identifying patients with major trauma J Trauma 28 1988 305 311
5. H.M. Lossius, A. Langhelle, J. Pillgram-Larsen, T.A. Lossius, E. Søreide, and P. Laake Efficiency of activation of the trauma team in a Norwegian trauma referral centre Eur J Surg 166 2000 760 764
6. E.D. Norcross, D.W. Ford, M.E. Cooper, L. Zone-Smith, T.K. Byrne, and D.R. Yarbrough 3rd Application of American College of Surgeons' field triage guidelines by pre-hospital personnel J Am Coll Surg 181 1995 539 544
7. J.M. Ryan, P.L. Gaudry, P.A. McDougall, and P.J. McGrath Implementation of a two-tier trauma response Injury 29 1998 677 683
8. S. Phillips, P.C. Rond 3rd, S.M. Kelly, and P.D. Swartz The failure of triage criteria to identify geriatric patients with trauma: results from the Florida Trauma Triage Study J Trauma 40 1996 278 283
9. P.H. Fung Kon Jin, T.B. van Olffen, J.C. Goslings, J.S. Luitse, and K.J. Ponsen In-hospital downgrading of the trauma team: Validation of the Academic Medical Center downgrading criteria Injury 37 2006 33 40
10. R.C. Mackersie History of trauma field triage development and the American College of Surgeons criteria Prehosp Emerg Care 10 2006 287 294
11. R.A. Cherry, T.S. King, D.E. Carney, P. Bryant, and R.N. Cooney Trauma team activation and the impact on mortality J Trauma 63 2007 326 330
12. J.M. Santaniello, T.J. Esposito, F.A. Luchette, D.K. Atkian, K.A. Davis, and R.L. Gamelli Mechanism of injury does not predict acuity or level of service need: field triage criteria revisited Surgery 134 2003 698 703
13. M.J. Vassar, J.J. Holcroft, M.M. Knudson, and K.W. Kizer Fractures in access to and assessment of trauma systems J Am Coll Surg 197 2003 717 725
14. D.C. Chang, R.R. Bass, E.E. Cornwell, and E.J. Mackenzie Undertriage of elderly trauma patients to state-designated trauma centers Arch Surg 143 2008 776 781
15. M.J. Zimmer-Gembeck, P.A. Southard, J.R. Hedges, R.J. Mullins, D. Rowland, and J.V. Stone Triage in an established trauma system J Trauma 39 1995 922 928
16. O.T. Rutschmann, T. Chevalley, C. Zumwald, C. Luthy, B. Vermeulen, and F.P. Sarasin Pitfalls in the emergency department triage of frail elderly patients without specific complaints Swiss Med Wkly 135 2005 145 150
17. L.J. Scheetz Effectiveness of prehospital trauma triage guidelines for the identification of major trauma in elderly motor vehicle crash victims J Emerg Nurs 29 2003 109 115
18. A.N. Ringburg, G. de Ronde, S.H. Thomas, E.M. van Lieshout, P. Patka, and I.B. Schipper Validity of helicopter emergency medical services dispatch criteria for traumatic injuries: a systematic review Prehosp Emerg Care 13 2009 28 36
19. K.C. Sihler, A.R. Hansen, J.C. Torner, G.P. Kealey, L.J. Morgan, and C. Zwerling Characteristics of twice-transferred, rural trauma patients Prehosp Emerg Care 6 2002 330 335
20. S.H. Norwood, C.E. McAuley, J.D. Berne, V.L. Vallina, R.G. Creath, and J. McLarty A prehospital glasgow coma scale score < or = 14 accurately predicts the need for full trauma team activation and patient hospitalization after motor vehicle collisions J Trauma 53 2002 503 507
21. W.G. Baxt, G. Jones, and D. Fortlage The trauma triage rule: a new, resource-based approach to the prehospital identification of major trauma victims Ann Emerg Med 19 1990 1401 1406