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The risk factors for mortality following blunt chest wall trauma have neither been well established or summarised.To summarise the risk factors for mortality in blunt chest wall trauma patients based on available evidence in the literature.A systematic review of English and non-English articles using MEDLINE, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library from their introduction until May 2010. Additional studies...
Hip fractures are always associated with a high postoperative mortality, the preoperative predictors for mortality have neither been well identified or summarised. This systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to identify the preoperative non-interventional predictors for mortality in hip fracture patients, especially focused on 1year mortality.Non-interventional studies were searched in...
To synthesise published and unpublished findings examining the relationship between institutional trauma centre volume or trauma patient volume per surgeon and mortality.Evidence on the relationship between patient volume and survival in trauma patients is inconclusive in the literature and remains controversial.A literature search was performed to identify studies published between 1976 and 2013...
Time is considered an essential determinant in the initial care of trauma patients. Salient tenet of trauma care is the ‘golden hour’, the immediate time after injury when resuscitation and stabilization are perceived to be most beneficial. Several prehospital strategies exist regarding time and transport of trauma patients. Literature shows little empirical knowledge on the exact influence of prehospital...
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