Background Overlooked injuries and delayed diagnoses are still common problems in the
treatment of polytrauma patients. Therefore, ongoing documentation describing the …

Missed injury in the context of major trauma remains a persistent problem, both from a
clinical and medico-legal point-of-view. Estimates of the incidence vary widely, dependent …

Background Missed injuries (MIs) adversely affect patient outcome and damage
physician/institutional credibility. The primary and secondary surveys are designed to …

INTRODUCTION: Despite the presence of diagnostic guidelines for the initial evaluation in
trauma, the reported incidence of missed injuries is considerable. The aim of this study was …

Objective. The impact of a multidisciplinary quality management system (MQMS) on the
early treatment of severely injured patients was tested. Design and setting. Prospective …

Patients injured in rural areas die at roughly twice the rate of those patients with similar
injuries in urban areas. A multitude of explanations have been suggested for higher mortality …

BACKGROUND: The approach to trauma care has improved in recent decades but delayed
diagnoses still occur. This study aimed to analyze the prevalence and consequences of …

Background Trauma tertiary surveys (TTS) are advocated to reduce the rate of missed
injuries in hospitalized trauma patients. Moreover, the missed injury rate can be a quality …

Background: There are limited data on the incidence of delayed diagnosis of injuries in
children. We sought to investigate the role of an extended tertiary survey in pediatric trauma …

Single-pass, whole-body computed tomography (pan-CT) was proposed in the late 1990s
as a new concept for the diagnostic work-up of severely injured patients. Since its …