Predicting mortality in trauma patients - A retrospective comparison of the performance of six scoring systems applied to polytrauma patients from the emergency centre of a South African central hospital

INTRODUCTION: Over 90% of trauma-related deaths worldwide, ensue in low- and middle-income countries. Multiple useful trauma scoring systems have been devised. Although validated in high-income countries, they cannot always be replicated in resource-limited countries. This study compares six trauma...

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Autores principales: Milton, Maxine, Engelbrecht, Andreas, Geyser, Mimi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: African Federation for Emergency Medicine 2021
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Original article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8567159/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34765431
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2021.09.001

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8567159/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34765431
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2021.09.001

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