Preventable deaths were commonly caused by clinical judgment errors in the early phases but death occurred late. Ps calculated with NORMIT was more accurate than TRISS in predicting mortality, but both perform poorly in identifying preventable and non-preventable deaths when applying the cut-offs. PR of all trauma death is still the golden standard in preventability analysis.
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