Performance of the Paediatric Trauma Score on survival prediction of injured children at a major trauma centre: A retrospective Colombian cohort, 2011-2019

• Published in: Lancet Regional Health - Americas (Online) Vol. 13; p. 100312
• Main Authors: De Los Ríos-Pérez, Ana, García, Alberto, Cuello, Laura, Rebolledo, Sara, Fandiño-Losada, Andrés
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.09.2022
• Subjects: Paediatric trauma; Mortality; Pediatric trauma score; Survival prediction; Trauma severity indices; Injuries; Trauma score

Despite improvements in children's health due to a reduction in infections, trauma continues to cause many deaths among adolescents. Strategies to mitigate morbidity and mortality from trauma include severity scores to classify and refer patients to the appropriate hospitals to provide better m...