Resource utilization and secondary overtriage for patients with traumatic renal injuries in a regional trauma system

alexandrossfakianakis shared this article with you from Inoreader Resource utilization and secondary overtriage for patients with traumatic renal injuries in a regional trauma system via Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery - Current Issue BACKGROUND While renal trauma management has shifted to conservative nonoperative management, insufficient data exist to guide interhospital renal trauma transfer protocols. Secondary overtriage is defined as the potentially avoidable transfer of patients from a lower to a higher-level trauma center despite the lack of need for higher-level care. The goal of this study was to determine the prevalence and predictors of secondary overtriage in renal trauma patients to a level 1 trauma center. METHODS A retrospective cohort study was performed of all renal trauma patients transferred to a level 1 institution between 2005 and 2017. Secondary overtriage was defined as a potentially avoidable transfer that consisted of hospital stay View on Web

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