Validating the Western Trauma Association algorithm for managing patients with anterior abdominal stab wounds: a Western Trauma Association multicenter trial.
Walter L BifflKrista L KaupsTam N PhamSusan E RowellGregory J JurkovichClay Cothren BurlewJ EltermanErnest E MoorePublished in: The Journal of trauma (2012)
The WTA proposed algorithm is designed for cost-effectiveness. Serial clinical assessments can be performed without the added expense of CT, DPL, or laparoscopy. Patients requiring LAP generally manifest early in their course, and there does not appear to be any morbidity related to a delay to OR. These data validate this approach and should be confirmed in a larger number of patients to more convincingly evaluate the algorithm's safety and cost-effectiveness compared with other approaches.
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- end stage renal disease
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- deep learning
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- electronic health record
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