Mortality rates following trauma: The difference is night and day

The difference between night and day.

Night admission is an independent risk factor for mortality in trauma patients - a systemic error approach.

OBJECTIVE to assess the impact of the shift inlet trauma patients, who underwent surgery, in-hospital mortality. METHODS a retrospective observational cohort study from November 2011 to March 2012, with data collected through electronic medical records. The following variables were statistically analyzed: age, gender, city of origin, marital status, admission to the risk classification (based...

All day, and all of the night.

Cirrhosis in the trauma victim. Effect on mortality rates.

To evaluate the impact cirrhosis has on survival the records of 40 cirrhotic trauma victims from the registries of two Level 1 trauma centers were reviewed and probability of survival calculated using the TRISS methodology. Mechanism of injury, anatomic location, involvement of single or multiple sites, presence of ascites, elevations in serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT), alkaline ...

Clinical review is essential to evaluate 30-day mortality after trauma

BACKGROUND Securing high-quality mortality statistics requires systematic evaluation of all trauma deaths. We examined the proportion of trauma patients dying within 30 days from causes not related to the injury and the impact of exclusion of patients dead on arrival on 30-day trauma mortality. We also defined the demographics, injury characteristics, cause of death and time to death in patient...