TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1991//
TI  - Preventable deaths after head injury: a clinical audit of performance
JO  - Injury
A1  - Barnes, M. R.
A1  - Allen, M. J.
A1  - Barton, D. J.
A1  - Phair, I. C.
SP  - 353
EP  - 356
VL  - 22
IS  - 5
N2  - A retrospective trauma audit of 267 consecutive patients presenting to the resuscitation room of an accident and emergency department identified 107 (M = 0.73) patients with CNS predominant injuries in a period of 1 year. The mortality rate was 33 per cent. Application of the TRISS method indicated that 18 (51 per cent) of the 35 deaths (Z = 5.74, P less than 0.001) were mathematically unexpected; no unexpected survivors were identified. Subsequent peer review agreed that death was preventable in 11 cases. The peer panel suggested that the lack of an on-site neurosurgical service may have affected the outcome of this group of patients adversely.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0020-1383
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -