Why the study?
Does treatment by adult trauma surgeons and pediatric intensivists without a pediatric surgeon maintain survival in pediatric trauma patients?
Population
303 pediatric trauma patients with multiple or serious single-system injuries, mean age 6.9 ± 0.3 years, 66%…
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May support adult surgeons and intensivists managing pediatric trauma; leaves open need for prospective confirmation before practice change.
Does treatment by adult trauma surgeons and pediatric intensivists without a pediatric surgeon maintain survival in pediatric trauma patients?
A pediatric trauma center managed by adult trauma surgeons and pediatric intensivists can achieve survival outcomes comparable to established trauma norms when pediatric surgeons are unavailable.
Fortune et al. (1992) studied this question.
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