tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "The Utstein template for uniform reporting of data following major trauma: A valuable tool for establishing a pan-European dataset"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học quốc tế cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: The Utstein template for uniform reporting of data following major trauma: A valuable tool for establishing a pan-European dataset | Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine BioMed Central Commentary The Utstein template for uniform reporting of data following major trauma A valuable tool for establishing a pan-European dataset Karim Brohi Open Access Address Trauma and Vascular Surgery Barts and the London NHS Trust London UK Email Karim Brohi - karim@ Published 28 August 2008 Received 21 July 2008 Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2008 16 8 doi 1757-7241-16-8 Accepted 28 August 2008 This article is available from http content 16 1 8 2008 Brohi licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Trauma is a public health problem of global importance. Central to any public health approach in tackling a disease is research and central to any research is high quality data. Trauma systems - local regional national or international - are driven by the completeness and quality of data they collect and analyze. The performance improvement cycle of system assessment policy development and quality assurance is dependent on the informatics infrastructure that supports it. Solid quality data is a powerful tool in improving care for clinicians administrators and politicians. Trauma registries are therefore key elements of any public health approach to managing severe injury. The past two decades have seen several European countries recognise the importance of this and successfully develop their own national registries. Each country continues to face its own difficulties with regard to completeness data quality and funding for informatics management. Nevertheless a recent publication by Ringdal et al 1 have recognised the enticing potential of a pan-European registry. The value