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Table 6 Definitions of clinically significant missed injury amongst included studies

From: The effect of tertiary surveys on missed injuries in trauma: a systematic review

Author

Description

Hoff et al.

Level 1 - Missed injury would likely lead to morbidity/mortality

Level 2- Missed injury alters care in hospital (including additional imaging)

Vles et al.

Any missed injury that leads to change in treatment resulting from the detection of the missed injury

Huynh et al.

Clinically significant missed injuries are injuries that are judged as such by the trauma attending and required intervention