The concept of preventable trauma death is now ingrained in the literature relating to
improvement in trauma performance. Survival after injury is based on 4 determinants: injury …

Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze the preventable and potentially
preventable deaths occurring at a mature Level I trauma center. Methods: All trauma patients …

Background: The objective is to determine the rate of preventable mortality and the volume
and nature of opportunities for improvement (OFI) in care for cases of traumatic death …

This paper focuses on the appropriateness of outcome measures to evaluate trauma care.
The preventable death rate (PDR), based on the study of deceased patients only, has been …

The published evaluation of methods for identifying preventable trauma deaths contains
many unstudied confounding factors. To investigate the reliability of methods for identifying …

ACCIDENTAL death, characterized as the neglected disease of modern society, 1 is the
leading mortality cause for persons 1 through 39 years of age and the third for those of all …

Trauma centers and trauma systems are naturally interested in measuring their
effectiveness, particularly their ability to maximize patient survival after serious injury. A …

Preventable trauma deaths are defined as deaths which could be avoided if optimal care
has been delivered. Studies on preventable trauma deaths have been accomplished initially …

Background Failure-to-rescue is defined as the conditional probability of death after a
complication, and the failure-to-rescue rate reflects a center's ability to successfully “rescue” …

Background High estimates of preventable death rates have renewed the impetus for
national regionalization of trauma care. Institution of a specialist multidisciplinary trauma …