Severe isolated injuries have a high impact on resource use and mortality: a Dutch nationwide observational study.
Mitchell L S DriessenMariska A C de JonghLeontien M SturmsFrank W BloemersHenk Jan Ten DuisMichael J R EdwardsDennis den HartogPeter A LeenhoutsMartijn PoezeInger B SchipperRichard W SpanjersbergKlaus W WendtRalph J de WitStefan W A M van ZutphenLuke P H LeenenPublished in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society (2022)
A severe isolated injury is a high-risk entity and should be recognized and treated as such. The addition of PRFs to the isolated anatomical injury criteria contributes to the identification of patients with SII at risk of worse outcomes.