A comparison of trauma patients in urban and rural areas presenting to a Canadian tertiary care centre.

Autor:	Savard S; From the departments of Emergency Medicine (Savard, Ready, Mondal, Davis) and General Surgery (Sothilingam), University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask. ifw438@usask.ca., Ready LV; From the departments of Emergency Medicine (Savard, Ready, Mondal, Davis) and General Surgery (Sothilingam), University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask., Mondal P; From the departments of Emergency Medicine (Savard, Ready, Mondal, Davis) and General Surgery (Sothilingam), University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask., Sothilingam N; From the departments of Emergency Medicine (Savard, Ready, Mondal, Davis) and General Surgery (Sothilingam), University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask., Davis P; From the departments of Emergency Medicine (Savard, Ready, Mondal, Davis) and General Surgery (Sothilingam), University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie [Can J Surg] 2024 Aug 27; Vol. 67 (4), pp. E313-E317. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 27 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI:	10.1503/cjs.013623
Abstrakt:	Background: The aim of our work was to examine differences between trauma patients in rural and urban areas who presented to a tertiary trauma centre in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Methods: We identified a historical cohort of all level 1 trauma activations presenting to Royal University Hospital (RUH) from April 1, 2020, to March 31, 2022. We divided the cohort into 2 groups (urban and rural), according to the trauma location. The primary outcome of interest was 30-day mortality. Secondary outcomes of interest were hospital length of stay, readmission to hospital within 30 days of discharge, and complication rate. Results: Trauma patients in rural areas were younger (34.1 v. 37 yr; p = 0.002) and more likely to be male (80.3% v. 74.4%; p = 0.040), with higher Injury Severity Scores (12.3 v. 8.3; p < 0.0001). Trauma patients in urban areas were more likely to sustain penetrating trauma (42.5% v. 28.5%; p < 0.0001). We saw no differences in morbidity and mortality between the 2 groups, but the rural trauma group had longer median lengths of stay (5 v. 3 d; p < 0.0007). Conclusion: Although we identified key differences in patient demographics, injury type, and injury severity, outcomes were largely similar between the urban and rural trauma groups. This finding contradicts comparable studies within Canada and the United States, a difference that may be attributable to the lack of inclusion of prehospital mortality in the rural trauma group. The longer length of stay in trauma patients from rural areas may be attributed to disposition challenges for patients who live remotely. Competing Interests: Competing interests:: None declared. (© 2024 CMA Impact Inc. or its licensors.)
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