Autor: |
Federico Coccolini, Yoram Kluger, Ernest E. Moore, Ronald V. Maier, Raul Coimbra, Carlos Ordoñez, Rao Ivatury, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, Walter Biffl, Massimo Sartelli, Andreas Hecker, Luca Ansaloni, Ari Leppaniemi, Viktor Reva, Ian Civil, Felipe Vega, Massimo Chiarugi, Alain Chichom-Mefire, Boris Sakakushev, Andrew Peitzman, Osvaldo Chiara, Fikri Abu-Zidan, Marc Maegele, Mario Miccoli, Mircea Chirica, Vladimir Khokha, Michael Sugrue, Gustavo P. Fraga, Yasuhiro Otomo, Gian Luca Baiocchi, Fausto Catena, and the WSES Trauma Quality Indicators Expert Panel |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2021 |
Předmět: |
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Zdroj: |
World Journal of Emergency Surgery, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
1749-7922 |
DOI: |
10.1186/s13017-021-00350-7 |
Popis: |
Abstract Introduction Quality in medical care must be measured in order to be improved. Trauma management is part of health care, and by definition, it must be checked constantly. The only way to measure quality and outcomes is to systematically accrue data and analyze them. Material and methods A systematic revision of the literature about quality indicators in trauma associated to an international consensus conference Results An internationally approved base core set of 82 trauma quality indicators was obtained: Indicators were divided into 6 fields: prevention, structure, process, outcome, post-traumatic management, and society integrational effects. Conclusion Present trauma quality indicator core set represents the result of an international effort aiming to provide a useful tool in quality evaluation and improvement. Further improvement may only be possible through international trauma registry development. This will allow for huge international data accrual permitting to evaluate results and compare outcomes. |
Databáze: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
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