Is Lactate an Effective Clinical Marker of Outcome for Children with Major Trauma? – A Literature Review

Major trauma in children in the United Kingdom is relatively rare. In 2012 4,720 children were admitted to Emergency Departments suffering with multiple trauma, of these 737 were severely injured with a Injury Severity Score (ISS) of greater than 15 (TARN, 2012). Major trauma morbidity and mortality surpasses all major disease in children and young adults. It could be argued that trauma is the most serious public health and health care problem in this population (American College of Surgeons 2012).

Source: International Emergency Nursing - April 17, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Lorrie Lawton, Rob Crouch, David Voegeli Source Type: research