One-year and three-year mortality prediction in adult major blunt trauma survivors: a National Retrospective Cohort Analysis

Abstract Background Survivors of trauma are at increased risk of dying after discharge. Studies have found that age, head injury, injury severity, falls and co-morbidities predict long-term mortality. The objective of our study was to build a nomogram predictor of 1-year and 3-year mortality for maj...

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Main Authors: Ting Hway Wong, Nivedita Vikas Nadkarni, Hai V. Nguyen, Gek Hsiang Lim, David Bruce Matchar, Dennis Chuen Chai Seow, Nicolas K. K. King, Marcus Eng Hock Ong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13049-018-0497-y