Prepared for: American Journal of Surgery October 2018 Geriatric patients on antithrombotic therapy as a criterion for trauma team activation leads to over triage

ConclusionsImplementing new criteria increased overtriage, decreased undertriage, and had little effect on mortality.Summary for Table of ContentsOur trauma center instituted a policy change that required a trauma team activation for all patients 65 years or older, taking antiplatelet or anticoagulant therapy, presenting suspected head trauma. This change drastically increased the number of trauma team activations, increased the rate of overtriage, decreased the rate of undertriage, and had little effect on mortality.
Source: The American Journal of Surgery - Category: Surgery Source Type: research