Lynne Moore, Jaimini Thakore, David Evans, Henry T Stelfox, Tarek Razek, John Kortbeek, Ian Watson, Christopher Evans, Mete Erdogan, Paul Engels, Barbara Haas, Rosmin Esmail, Robert Green, Jacinthe Lampron, Micheline Wiebe, Julien Clément, Recep Gezer, Jennifer McMillan, Xavier Neveu, Pier-Alexandre Tardif, Angela Coates, Natalie L Yanchar
PURPOSE: Most North American trauma systems have designated trauma centres (TCs) including level I (ultraspecialized high-volume metropolitan centres), level II (specialized medium-volume urban centres), and/or level III (semirural or rural centres). Trauma system configuration varies across provinces and it is unclear how these differences influence patient distributions and outcomes. We aimed to compare patient case mix, case volumes, and risk-adjusted outcomes of adults with major trauma admitted to designated level I, II, and III TCs across Canadian trauma systems...
August 2023: Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia