Outcomes following abdominal trauma in Scotland.
Sakib M AdnanRobert G AndersonMarta J MadurskaCaitlin J McNeillJan O JansenJonathan J MorrisonPublished in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society (2019)
About 7% of patients in the STAG registry display abdominal injury. Mortality was found to have strong associations with older age, hemodynamic instability, poor neurological status, and head and neck injury. Outcomes may improve with the anticipated creation of the Scottish Trauma System.