Trauma registries are databases that document acute care delivered to patients hospitalised
with injuries. They are designed to provide information that can be used to improve the …

Background Trauma is the leading cause of death in individuals younger than 40 years.
There are many different models for predicting patient outcome following trauma. To our …

BACKGROUND According to Donabedian's health care quality model, improvements in the
structure of care should lead to improvements in clinical processes that should in turn …

Patients with obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) have a lower quality of life, more
healthcare expenses, a greater risk of pulmonary hypertension, and a higher mortality …

Missing data are commonly encountered in clinical research. Unfortunately, they are often
neglected or not properly handled during analytic procedures, and this may substantially …

Background The epidemiology of trauma deaths in Europe is less than well investigated.
Thus, our goal was to study the contemporary patterns of trauma deaths within a defined …

Objective: To measure the variation in trauma center mortality across Canadian trauma
systems, assess the contribution of traumatic brain injury and thoracoabdominal injury to …

Objective: To compare outcomes following major trauma involving serious head injury
managed in an inclusive trauma system (Victoria, Australia) and a setting where …

Background: Whether severely injured patients should be transported directly to tertiary
trauma centers, bypassing closer nontertiary facilities, or be transported first to nearby, less …

Background Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of disability in children and
young adults and costs CAD $3 billion annually in Canada. Stakeholders have expressed …