Standardized trauma intake form with clinical decision support prompts improves care and reduces mortality for seriously injured patients in non-tertiary hospitals in Ghana: stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial
Authors' conclusion
The TIF improved overall initial trauma care and reduced mortality for more seriously injured patients.
Study context
- Population
- Injured patients at emergency units of non-tertiary hospitals in Ghana
- Participants
- 4,077 patients
- Comparison
- After trauma intake form (TIF) vs Before TIF
- After TIFn = 2,010
- Before TIFn = 2,067reference
- Primary endpoint
- Performance of KPIs in initial trauma care
Methodological details8 non-tertiary hospitals
- 8 non-tertiary hospitals
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
KPIs of initial trauma care (primary survey and initial care)
Improvement in primary survey and initial care key performance indicators (KPIs) after TIF introduction
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Original publication
Standardized trauma intake form with clinical decision support prompts improves care and reduces mortality for seriously injured patients in non-tertiary hospitals in Ghana: stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial. Br J Surg. Published 24 August 2023. doi:10.
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