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Inter‐hospital variation in surgical intensity for trauma admissions: A multicentre cohort study
- Source :
- International Journal of Clinical Practice. 74
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Hindawi Limited, 2020.
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Abstract
- BACKGROUND Guidelines for injury care are increasingly moving away from surgical management towards less invasive procedures but there is a knowledge gap on how these recommendations are influencing practice. We aimed to assess inter-hospital variation in surgical intensity for injury admissions and evaluate the correlation between hospital surgical intensity and mortality/complications. METHODS We included adults admitted for major trauma between 2006 and 2016 in a Canadian provincial trauma system. Analyses were stratified for orthopaedic (n = 16 887), neurological (n = 12 888) and torso injuries (n = 9816). Surgical intensity was quantified with the number of surgical procedures
- Subjects :
- Adult
Canada
medicine.medical_specialty
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Positive correlation
Cohort Studies
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Trauma Centers
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Retrospective Studies
business.industry
Major trauma
Incidence (epidemiology)
Confounding
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Hospitals
3. Good health
Intensity (physics)
Emergency medicine
Orthopedic surgery
Neurosurgery
business
Cohort study
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17421241 and 13685031
- Volume :
- 74
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Clinical Practice
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....07f8fd0dee4317d48d67f610fdf792dc