Scoring and outcome audit systems relevant to emergency medicine.

Scoring and outcome audit systems relevant to emergency medicine.

Trauma systems and emergency medicine.

The impact of trauma is a major public health challenge which is likely to escalate in the early 21st century. A systematic approach to this problem is required. This review explains the conceptual framework that defines a trauma system, gives a brief historical perspective and describes some of the essential elements of the system which should make a difference to patient outcome. Emergency ph...

Assessing the risk: Scoring systems for outcome prediction in emergency laparotomies

Emergency laparotomy is the commonest emergency surgical procedure in most hospitals and includes over 400 diverse surgical procedures. Despite the evolution of medicine and surgical practices, the mortality in patients needing emergency laparotomy remains abnormally high. Although surgical risk assessment first started with the ASA Physical Status score in 1941, efforts to find an ideal scorin...

Accident and emergency medicine or emergency medicine?

ABC of intensive care: outcome data and scoring systems.

Intensive care has developed over the past 30 years with little rigorous scientific evidence about what is, or is not, clinically effective. Without these data, doctors delivering intensive care often have to decide which patients can benefit most. Scoring systems have been developed in response to an increasing emphasis on the evaluation and monitoring of health services. These systems enable ...