Evaluating trauma scoring systems for patients presenting with gunshot injuries to a district-level urban public hospital in Cape Town, South Africa

Introduction: Trauma scoring systems are widely used in emergency settings to guide clinical decisions and to predict mortality. It remains unclear which system is most suitable to use for patients with gunshot injuries at district-level hospitals. This study compares the Triage Early Warning Score...

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Main Authors: Amalia Liljequist Aspelund, Mohamed Quraish Patel, Lisa Kurland, Michael McCaul, Daniël Jacobus van Hoving
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X19301417