From: Evaluation of elderly specific pre-hospital trauma triage criteria: a systematic review
References | Design | Country | Real life application or application to a database? | Database used | Derived criteria in study? | Elderly definition |
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Brown et al. [23] | Observational, retrospective | USA | Criteria applied to database | National Trauma Data Bank | No. substituted SBP < 110 instead of < 90 in 2011 ACS-COT Field Triage Scheme | > 65 years |
Caterino et al. [24] | Observational, retrospective. Interrupted time series analysis | USA | Real life. Before and after | Ohio trauma registry | No. before and after study. 3 years before Ohio Geriatric Trauma Triage Criteria adoption and 3 years after | > 70 years |
Cull et al. [25] | Observational, retrospective | USA | Criteria derived and applied to database | National Trauma Data Bank | Yes. Binary regression equations | ≥ 65 years |
Ichwan et al. [26] | Observational, retrospective | USA | Criteria applied to database | Ohio trauma registry | No. Applied Ohio Geriatric Trauma Triage Criteria to database | ≥ 65 years |
Newgard et al. [27] | Observational, retrospective | USA | Criteria applied to database | Trauma registries and ED and discharge databases linked to EMS records. 44 EMS agencies to 51 hospitals in 7 regions | No. Applied geriatric triage criteria to database | ≥ 65 years |
Newgard et al. [28] | Observational, retrospective | USA | Criteria derived and applied to database | Trauma registries and ED and discharge databases linked to EMS records. 94 EMS agencies to 122 hospitals in 7 regions | Yes. Classification and regression tree (CART) analysis | ≥ 65 years |
Newgard et al. [28] | Observational, retrospective | USA | Criteria derived and applied to database | Trauma registries and ED and discharge databases linked to EMS records. 94 EMS agencies to 122 hospitals in 7 regions | Yes. Classification and regression tree (CART) analysis | ≥ 55 years |
Nishijima et al. [30] | Observational, retrospective | USA | Criteria applied to database | Northern California, 5 EMS agencies transport patients to 11 general acute care hospitals | No | ≥ 55 years |
Scheetz [31] | Observational, retrospective. Interrupted time series analysis | USA | Real life. Before and after | National Automotive Sampling System Crashworthiness Data System | No | ≥ 55 years |
Wasserman et al. [32] | Consensus panel of specialist experts | USA | Consensus panel | 9 experts- EMS, Pre-hospital, TBI, geriatric medicine, trauma surgery geriatric medicine | Yes, by expert panel | ≥ 55 years |
Werman et al. [33] | Literature search and observational retrospective | USA | Criteria derived from database | Ohio trauma registry | Yes, identified by literature search, derived from database | ≥ 70 years |