Evaluation of a revised in-hospital trauma activation protocol according to clinical outcome for patients with major trauma

Conclusion The study shows that our TPA criteria are easy to follow and have a high accuracy rate. For patients with ISS ≥16 who did not meet our TPA criteria, escape was mainly due to head trauma. Additional factors besides GCS scores should be incorporated in the protocol to identify patients with significant head trauma.
Source: Formosan Journal of Surgery - Category: Surgery Source Type: research