Citation

Pino Sánchez FI, Ballesteros Sanz MA, Cordero Lorenzana L, Guerrero López F. Med. Intensiva 2014; 39(2): 114-123.

Vernacular Title

Calidad y registros en trauma.

Affiliation

Servicio de Cuidados Críticos y Urgencias-Medicina Intensiva, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, España; Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, Granada, España. Electronic address: fguerrerolopez@gmail.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.medin.2014.06.008

PMID

25241631

Abstract

Traumatic disease is a major public health concern. Monitoring the quality of services provided is essential for the maintenance and improvement thereof. Assessing and monitoring the quality of care in trauma patient through quality indicators would allow identifying opportunities for improvement whose implementation would improve outcomes in hospital mortality, functional outcomes and quality of life of survivors. Many quality indicators have been used in this condition, although very few ones have a solid level of scientific evidence to recommend their routine use. The information contained in the trauma registries, spread around the world in recent decades, is essential to know the current health care reality, identify opportunities for improvement and contribute to the clinical and epidemiological research.

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