@article{ref1,
title="Trauma care in Italy: evidence of in-hospital preventable deaths",
journal="Journal of trauma",
year="1994",
author="Stocchetti, N. and Pagliarini, G. and Gennari, M. and Baldi, G. and Banchini, E. and Campari, M. and Bacchi, M. and Zuccoli, P.",
volume="36",
number="3",
pages="401-405",
abstract="The quality of a trauma system can be assessed by the rate of preventable deaths. A random selected sample of 110 trauma patients was examined using both clinical and autopsy data. The assessors were asked the following question: If this patient had sustained the accident in front of the hospital in a normal working day, might death have been prevented? Death was found to be unavoidable in 61 cases, in 25 cases death was classified potentially preventable; 11 cases were classified as clearly preventable death. The main failures of treatment were identified as errors and delays during the first phases of in-hospital assessment and care. An improvement in the pre-hospital phase will be almost useless if the quality of the definitive in-hospital management is not addressed.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-5282",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}