World Journal of Emergency Surgery (Feb 2021)
Trauma quality indicators: internationally approved core factors for trauma management quality evaluation
- 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
Affiliations
- Federico Coccolini
- General Emergency and Trauma Surgery Department, Pisa University Hospital
- Yoram Kluger
- Division of General Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus
- Ernest E. Moore
- Ernest E Moore Shock Trauma Center, Denver Health
- Ronald V. Maier
- Department of Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington
- Raul Coimbra
- Riverside University Health System
- Carlos Ordoñez
- Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Fundación Valle del Lili
- Rao Ivatury
- VCU Medical Center
- Andrew W. Kirkpatrick
- General, Acute Care, Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, and Trauma Surgery, Foothills Medical Centre
- Walter Biffl
- Department of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
- Massimo Sartelli
- General and Emergency Surgery, Macerata Hospital
- Andreas Hecker
- Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Giessen
- Luca Ansaloni
- General, Emergency and Trauma Surgery Department, Bufalini Hospital
- Ari Leppaniemi
- Abdominal Center, Helsinki University Hospital
- Viktor Reva
- Department of War Surgery, Kirov Military Medical Academy
- Ian Civil
- General and Emergency Surgery Dept., Auckland City Hospital
- Felipe Vega
- Department of Surgery, Hospital Angeles Lomas
- Massimo Chiarugi
- General Emergency and Trauma Surgery Department, Pisa University Hospital
- Alain Chichom-Mefire
- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea
- Boris Sakakushev
- General Surgery Department, University Hospital St George
- Andrew Peitzman
- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- Osvaldo Chiara
- Trauma Team and General Surgery, ASST Niguarda
- Fikri Abu-Zidan
- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University
- Marc Maegele
- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Cologne-Merheim Medical Center (CMMC), University Witten/Herdecke (UW/H)
- Mario Miccoli
- Statistic Dept., Pisa University
- Mircea Chirica
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble Alpes
- Vladimir Khokha
- Department of Emergency Surgery, City Hospital
- Michael Sugrue
- General Surgery Dept., Letterkenny Hospital
- Gustavo P. Fraga
- Division of Trauma Surgery, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas
- Yasuhiro Otomo
- Trauma and Acute Critical Care Center, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital
- Gian Luca Baiocchi
- General Surgery, Brescia University Hospital
- Fausto Catena
- Emergency and Trauma Surgery, Parma University Hospital
- and the WSES Trauma Quality Indicators Expert Panel
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13017-021-00350-7
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 16,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
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.
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