Trauma quality indicators: internationally approved core factors for trauma management quality evaluationRiverside University Health System, Riverside, CA, USA.
Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia.
VCU Medical Center, Richmond, VA, USA.
General, Acute Care, Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, and Trauma Surgery, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Canada.
Department of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, USA.
General and Emergency Surgery, Macerata Hospital, Macerata, Italy.
Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Department, Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy.
Abdominal Center, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Department of War Surgery, Kirov Military Medical Academy, Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
General and Emergency Surgery Dept., Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
Department of Surgery, Hospital Angeles Lomas, Mexico City, Mexico.
General Emergency and Trauma Surgery Department, Pisa University Hospital, Via Paradisa, 2, 56124, Pisa, Italy.
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon; Douala Gynaeco-Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital, Douala, Cameroon.
General Surgery Department, University Hospital St George, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, USA.
Trauma Team and General Surgery, ASST Niguarda, Milan, Italy.
Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates.
Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Cologne-Merheim Medical Center (CMMC), University Witten/Herdecke (UW/H), Cologne, Germany.
Statistic Dept., Pisa University, Pisa, Italy.
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2021 (English)In: World Journal of Emergency Surgery, E-ISSN 1749-7922, Vol. 16, no 1, article id 6
Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Introduction
Quality in medical care must be measured in order to be improved. Trauma management is part of health care, and by definition, it must be checked constantly. The only way to measure quality and outcomes is to systematically accrue data and analyze them.
Material and methods
A systematic revision of the literature about quality indicators in trauma associated to an international consensus conference
Results
An internationally approved base core set of 82 trauma quality indicators was obtained: Indicators were divided into 6 fields: prevention, structure, process, outcome, post-traumatic management, and society integrational effects.
Conclusion
Present trauma quality indicator core set represents the result of an international effort aiming to provide a useful tool in quality evaluation and improvement. Further improvement may only be possible through international trauma registry development. This will allow for huge international data accrual permitting to evaluate results and compare outcomes.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer Nature , 2021. Vol. 16, no 1, article id 6
National Category
Surgery
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-209298DOI: 10.1186/s13017-021-00350-7ISI: 000620928300001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85101919470OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-209298DiVA, id: diva2:1911851
2024-11-092024-11-092025-02-27Bibliographically approved