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TraumCat: preliminary analysis of a year of severe trauma registry in Catalonia

Prat S, Domínguez Sampredro P, Koo M, Colilles C, Jiménez-Fábrega X, Espinosa L

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Sección de Traumatología, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain. Programa de Trauma Pediátrico, Unidad de Transporte SEM Pediátrico, Hospital Universitario Vall de Hebron, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, España. Servicio de Anestesiología y Reanimación, Hospital Universistari de Bellvitge, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain. Servicio de Anestesiología y Reanimación. Hospital Parc Tauli, Sabadell, Spain. Servei dEmergencies Mèdiques, Barcelona, España. 6Consorci Sanitari Barcelona, Spain.

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Prat S, Domínguez Sampredro P, Koo M, Colilles C, Jiménez-Fábrega X, Espinosa L. TraumCat: preliminary analysis of a year of severe trauma registry in Catalonia. Emergencias. 2014;26:267-74

Summary

Objective: To analyze results of the first years use of the Hospital Population-Based

Registry of Severe Trauma in Catalonia (TraumCat).

Methods: Fifteen hospitals prospectively collected information on adults and children (< 16 years of age) with severe trauma for 1 year (July 1, 2012 to July 1, 2013). The information was stored in an online database. Results: The registry received 1106 cases of high-energy trauma (12.2% under the age of 16 years) were registered. Eight-four percent of the injuries in young adults were accidental; in the full cohort, 54.4% of the patients were injured in traffic accidents and 26.9% in falls. Personal violence accounted for 5.4%. The Injury Severity Score was over 15 in 46% of the patients, and the New Injury Severity Score was over 15 in 51%. Mortality was 10% overall, but in patients aged over 60 years, mortality was 25.2%. Conclusions: TraumCat reveals the scope of severe trauma in Catalonia and facilitates analysis of the process of treatment of these injuries. This tool should be more firmly established and improved as a strategy for monitoring trauma care and outcomes.

 

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