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Table 1 Local audit filters

From: Patient and process factors associated with opportunities for improvement in trauma care: a registry-based study

Audit filter

Number of patient cases flagged 2017–2021*

Systolic blood pressure under 90

87

Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) less than 9 and not intubated

15

Injury Severity Score (ISS) more than 15 but not admitted to the ICU

Injury Severity Score (ISS) more than 15 and no trauma team activation

516

259

No anticoagulation treatment within 72 h after traumatic brain injury time to acute intervention more than 60 min

211

823

Time to computed tomography (CT) more than 30 min

2444

Liver or spleen injury

213

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation with thoracotomy

32

Massive transfusion

151

Death within 30 days after trauma

203

  1. *The total number of unique patients flagged was 3416. The sum of the number of patient cases flagged exceeds the number of unique patients flagged because several filters could flag the same patient