The long term effects of early analysis of a trauma registry

Sami Shaban, Mazen Ashour, Masoud Bashir, Yousef El-Ashaal, Frank Branicki, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan

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Abstract

Background. We established a trauma registry in 2003 to collect data on trauma patients, which is a major cause of death in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The aim of this paper is to report on the long term effects of our early analysis of this registry. Methods. Data in the early stages of this trauma registry were collected for 503 patients during a period of 6 months in 2003. Data was collected on a paper form and then entered into the trauma registry using a self-developed Access database. Descriptive analysis was performed. Results. Most were males (87%), the mean age (SD) was 30.5 (14.9). UAE citizens formed 18.5%. Road traffic collisions caused an overwhelming 34.2% of injuries with 29.7% of those involving UAE citizens while work-related injuries were 26.2%. The early analysis of this registry had two major impacts. Firstly, the alarmingly high rate of UAE nationals in road traffic collisions standardized to the population led to major concerns and to the development of a specialized road traffic collision registry three years later. Second, the equally alarming high rate of work-related injuries led to collaboration with a Preventive Medicine team who helped with refining data elements of the trauma registry to include data important for research in trauma prevention. Conclusion. Analysis of a trauma registry as early as six months can lead to useful information which has long term effects on the progress of trauma research and prevention.

Original languageEnglish
Article number42
JournalWorld Journal of Emergency Surgery
Volume4
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Surgery
  • Emergency Medicine

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