Undertriage in trauma: an ignored quality indicator?
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Undertriage of elderly trauma patients to state-designated trauma centers.
OBJECTIVE To determine whether age bias is a factor in triage errors. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of 10 years (1995-2004) of prospectively collected data in the statewide Maryland Ambulance Information System followed by surveys of emergency medical services (EMS) and trauma center personnel at regional EMS conferences and level I trauma centers, respectively. PATIENTS Trauma patients wer...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1757-7241
DOI: 10.1186/s13049-020-00729-6