Development and pilot implementation of a locally developed Trauma Registry: lessons learnt in a low-income country

A Mehmood, JA Razzak, S Kabir, EJ MacKenzie… - BMC emergency …, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background Trauma registries (TRs) play an integral role in the assessment of
trauma care quality. TRs are still uncommon in developing countries owing to awareness …

New Injury Severity Score is a better predictor of mortality for blunt trauma patients than the Injury Severity Score

HO Eid, FM Abu-Zidan - World journal of surgery, 2015 - Springer
Background Trauma-related mortality depends on injury severity. Several trauma scores are
used to evaluate injury severity. We compared the Injury Severity Score (ISS) and the New …

Health information systems in Jordan and Palestine: the need for health informatics training

H Jabareen, Y Khader, A Taweel - 2020 - fada.birzeit.edu
Background: Some Arab countries have health information systems (HIS) in place but they
lack well trained IT staff. Poor management and lack of appreciation of the importance of HIS …

Comparison of emergency medical services and trauma care systems among Pan-Asian countries: an international, multicenter, population-based survey

KM Sun, KJ Song, SD Shin, H Tanaka… - Prehospital …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Knowledge on the current trauma systems in Asian countries is limited. The
objective of this study was to describe the emergency medical services (EMS) and trauma …

Presenting an evaluation model of the trauma registry software

F Asadi, S Paydar - International journal of medical informatics, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective Trauma is a major cause of 10% death in the worldwide and is considered as a
global concern. This problem has made healthcare policy makers and managers to adopt a …

Trauma care in Malawi: A call to action

W Mulwafu, L Chokotho, N Mkandawire, H Pandit… - Malawi Medical …, 2017 - ajol.info
Injuries are a global public health concern because most are preventable yet they continue
to be a major cause of death and disability, especially among children, adolescents, and …

The legal framework and initiatives for promoting safety in the United Arab Emirates

M Grivna, TC Aw, M El-Sadig, T Loney… - … journal of injury …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Injury is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The
UAE is a rapidly developing country with fast economic growth, demographical and …

Factors affecting mortality of hospitalized chest trauma patients in United Arab Emirates

EM AlEassa, MJ Al-Marashda, A Elsherif… - Journal of cardiothoracic …, 2013 - Springer
Background Predictors of mortality of chest trauma vary globally. We aimed to define factors
affecting mortality of hospitalized chest trauma patients in Al-Ain City, United Arab Emirates …

Epidemiology of spinal injuries in the United Arab Emirates

M Grivna, HO Eid, FM Abu-Zidan - World journal of emergency surgery, 2015 - Springer
Aim To assess the risk factors, mechanism of injury, and clinical outcome of hospitalized
patients with spinal injuries in order to recommend preventive measures. Methods Patients …

Searching for mortality predictors in trauma patients: a challenging task

AA Cevik, FM Abu-Zidan - European journal of trauma and emergency …, 2018 - Springer
Background We aimed to study the value of new physiological variables compared with ISS
and GCS as predictors for trauma mortality in a high-income developing country having a …