Anest. intenziv. Med. 2001;12(1):43-46
Audit of Care for Trauma Patients: One-year Service in the University Hospital SettingArticles
- Klinika anesteziologie a resuscitace 3. LF UK a FN Královské Vinohrady, Praha, přednosta doc. MUDr. Jan Pachl, CSc.
One hundred and eighty patients were admitted for primary care to Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Charles University Hospital Královské Vinohrady, Prague 10, during the year 1999. Eighty-one patients (45%) were admitted with polytrauma, fifty-nine (33%) for head-braininjury, twenty-two (12%) for multiple injuries and eighteen (10%) for other injuries. One hundred and fifty-six patients (86.7%) were admitted withone or more vital functions failure. Forty patients died (22%). This result is 13% better compared to predictive model based on TRISS, P = 0.0018.This represent twenty-four saved lives.
Keywords: trauma center; emergency department
Published: February 1, 2001 Show citation