Performance of Prognostication Scores for Mortality in Injured Patients in Rwanda

This study evaluated the Kampala Trauma Score (KTS), Revised Trauma Score (RTS), and Triage Early Warning Score (TEWS) for accuracy in predicting mortality among injured patients seeking emergency department (ED) care at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali (CHUK) in Rwanda.Methods: A retrospective, randomly sampled cohort of ED patients presenting with injury was accrued from August 2015 –July 2016. Primary outcome was 14-day mortality and secondary outcome was overall facility-based mortality. We evaluated summary statistics of the cohort. Bootstrap regression models were used to compare areas under receiver operating curves...
Source: Western Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research