The influence of inter-hospital transfers on mortality in severely injured patients.
Job F WaalwijkRobin D LokermanRogier van der SluijsAudrey A A FiddelersDennis Den HartogLuke P H LeenenMartijn PoezeMark van Heijlnull nullPublished in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society (2022)
A minority of the undertriaged patients are transferred to a higher-level trauma center. An inter-hospital transfer appears to be safe and may improve the survival of severely injured patients initially transported to a lower-level trauma center.