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Table 1 PICO research terms [14]

From: Treatments for blunt chest trauma and their impact on patient outcomes and health service delivery

Population

Adult - blunt chest trauma

Sternal fractures, rib fractures, blunt chest injury, thoracic injury,

Intervention

Multidisciplinary intervention

Models of care, management intervention, care practices, care protocols

Comparison

Other intervention

 

Outcome

Patient and health outcomes

Mortality, pneumonia, pneumothorax, haemothorax, hospital length of stay, ICU stay, DVT, PE, costings, treatment outcome

  1. ICU: Intensive care unit; DVT: deep venous thrombosis; PE: pulmonary embolism.