Preventable deaths in hospitalized trauma patients
David O. Alao,
Arif Alper Cevik,
Fayez Al Shamsi
et al.
Abstract:AimTo study the preventable trauma deaths of hospitalized patients in the United Arab Emirates and to identify opportunities for improvement.MethodsWe analyzed the Abu Dhabi Emirate Trauma Registry data of admitted patients who died in the emergency department or in hospital from 2014 to 2019. A panel of experts categorize the deaths into not preventable (NP), potentially preventable (PP), and definitely preventable (DP).ResultsA total of 405 deaths were included, and 82.7% were males. The majority (89.1%) wer… Show more
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