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To estimate the potential number of lives that could be saved worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income nations, by improving trauma care.

March 14, 2012World Journal of Surgery

An Estimate of the Number of Lives that Could be Saved through Improvements in Trauma Care Globally

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CMCharles MockUniversity of Washington MJManjul JoshipuraNational Academy of Sciences India CACarlos Arreola‐RisaTecnológico de Monterrey

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Modeling study reveals that improved trauma care could save nearly two million lives in developing nations, highlighting urgent needs for global trauma system investment.

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To estimate the potential number of lives that could be saved worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income nations, by improving trauma care.
Baseline case fatality rates for severe injuries (Injury Severity Score ≥ 9) were drawn from published data: Seattle (high income, 35%), Monterrey (middle income, 55%), and Kumasi (low income, 63%).
Total injury deaths across economic strata were extracted from the Global Burden of Disease study to model preventable deaths if lower-income areas matched high-income case fatality rates.
Between 1,730,000 and 1,965,000 lives could be saved across low- and middle-income countries if trauma case fatality rates were reduced to high-income levels.
Preventable trauma deaths accounted for 34% to 38% of all injury-related fatalities in the evaluated low- and middle-income regions.

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Mock et al. (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a005d3d7ac91c5d2a2d6a35 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-012-1459-6

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Modeling study reveals that improved trauma care could save nearly two million lives in developing nations, highlighting urgent needs for global trauma system investment.

An Estimate of the Number of Lives that Could be Saved through Improvements in Trauma Care Globally

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An Estimate of the Number of Lives that Could be Saved through Improvements in Trauma Care Globally

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