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History and development of trauma registry: lessons from developed to developing countries

BACKGROUND: A trauma registry is an integral component of modern comprehensive trauma care systems. Trauma registries have not been established in most developing countries, and where they exist are often rudimentary and incomplete. This review describes the role of trauma registries in the care of...

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Autores principales: Nwomeh, Benedict C, Lowell, Wendi, Kable, Renae, Haley, Kathy, Ameh, Emmanuel A
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1635421/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17076896
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-1-32
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author Nwomeh, Benedict C
Lowell, Wendi
Kable, Renae
Haley, Kathy
Ameh, Emmanuel A
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Kable, Renae
Haley, Kathy
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description BACKGROUND: A trauma registry is an integral component of modern comprehensive trauma care systems. Trauma registries have not been established in most developing countries, and where they exist are often rudimentary and incomplete. This review describes the role of trauma registries in the care of the injured, and discusses how lessons from developed countries can be applied toward their design and implementation in developing countries. METHODS: A detailed review of English-language articles on trauma registry was performed using MEDLINE and CINAHL. In addition, relevant articles from non-indexed journals were identified with Google Scholar. RESULTS: The history and development of trauma registries and their role in modern trauma care are discussed. Drawing from past and current experience, guidelines for the design and implementation of trauma registries are given, with emphasis on technical and logistic factors peculiar to developing countries. CONCLUSION: Improvement in trauma care depends on the establishment of functioning trauma care systems, of which a trauma registry is a crucial component. Hospitals and governments in developing countries should be encouraged to establish trauma registries using proven cost-effective strategies.
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spelling pubmed-16354212006-11-09 History and development of trauma registry: lessons from developed to developing countries Nwomeh, Benedict C Lowell, Wendi Kable, Renae Haley, Kathy Ameh, Emmanuel A World J Emerg Surg Review BACKGROUND: A trauma registry is an integral component of modern comprehensive trauma care systems. Trauma registries have not been established in most developing countries, and where they exist are often rudimentary and incomplete. This review describes the role of trauma registries in the care of the injured, and discusses how lessons from developed countries can be applied toward their design and implementation in developing countries. METHODS: A detailed review of English-language articles on trauma registry was performed using MEDLINE and CINAHL. In addition, relevant articles from non-indexed journals were identified with Google Scholar. RESULTS: The history and development of trauma registries and their role in modern trauma care are discussed. Drawing from past and current experience, guidelines for the design and implementation of trauma registries are given, with emphasis on technical and logistic factors peculiar to developing countries. CONCLUSION: Improvement in trauma care depends on the establishment of functioning trauma care systems, of which a trauma registry is a crucial component. Hospitals and governments in developing countries should be encouraged to establish trauma registries using proven cost-effective strategies. BioMed Central 2006-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC1635421/ /pubmed/17076896 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-1-32 Text en Copyright © 2006 Nwomeh et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Lowell, Wendi
Kable, Renae
Haley, Kathy
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History and development of trauma registry: lessons from developed to developing countries
title History and development of trauma registry: lessons from developed to developing countries
title_full History and development of trauma registry: lessons from developed to developing countries
title_fullStr History and development of trauma registry: lessons from developed to developing countries
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title_short History and development of trauma registry: lessons from developed to developing countries
title_sort history and development of trauma registry: lessons from developed to developing countries
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1635421/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17076896
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-1-32
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