TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1994//
TI  - Trauma care in Italy: evidence of in-hospital preventable deaths
JO  - Journal of trauma
A1  - Stocchetti, N.
A1  - Pagliarini, G.
A1  - Gennari, M.
A1  - Baldi, G.
A1  - Banchini, E.
A1  - Campari, M.
A1  - Bacchi, M.
A1  - Zuccoli, P.
SP  - 401
EP  - 405
VL  - 36
IS  - 3
N2  - 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> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-5282
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -