Chest Trauma Outcomes: Public Versus Private Level I Trauma Centers
Orlas CP, Herrera‐Escobar J, Zogg CK, Serna JJ, Meléndez JJ, Gómez A, Martínez D, Parra MW, García AF, Rosso F, Pino LF, Gonzalez A, Ordoñez CA. Chest Trauma Outcomes: Public Versus Private Level I Trauma Centers. World Journal Of Surgery 2020, 44: 1824-1834. PMID: 31993723, PMCID: PMC7380545, DOI: 10.1007/s00268-020-05400-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTrauma centerMedian Injury Severity ScoreLogistic regressionInjury Severity ScorePost-operative complicationsMultivariable logistic regressionRetained hemothoraxHospital mortalityChest traumaClinical characteristicsMedian ageClinical outcomesThoracic traumaUnstable hemodynamicsEmergency roomSeverity scoreHigher oddsLevel IPatientsTraumaSignificant differencesMortalityHemothoraxMediastinitisEmpyema