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ArticleBMJ open2021

Effectiveness of trauma care systems at different stages of development in reducing mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol.

Rayan Jafnan Alharbi, Virginia Lewis, Sumina Shrestha, Charne Miller

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Article in BMJ open, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  7. Challenges to the development of the trauma system in Egypt.Journal of public health in Africa · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Rayan Jafnan AlharbiSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University-Bundoora Campus, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia r.alharbi@latrobe.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0002-0504-3240
Virginia LewisAustralian Institute for Primary Care and Ageing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University-Bundoora Campus, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Sumina ShresthaAustralian Institute for Primary Care and Ageing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University-Bundoora Campus, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Charne MillerSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University-Bundoora Campus, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe introduction of trauma systems that began in the 1970s resulted in improved trauma care and a decreased rate of morbidity and mortality of trauma patients. Worldwide, little is known about the effectiveness of trauma care system at different stages of development, from establishing a trauma centre, to implementing a trauma system and as trauma systems mature. The objective of this study is to extract and analyse data from research that evaluates mortality rates according to different stages of trauma system development globally. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: The proposed review will comply with the checklist of the 'Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis'. In this review, only peer-reviewed articles written in English, human-related studies and published between January 2000 and December 2020 will be included. Articles will be retrieved from MEDLINE, EMBASE and CINAHL. Additional articles will be identified from other sources such as references of included articles and author lists. Two independent authors will assess the eligibility of studies as well as critically appraise and assess the methodological quality of all included studies using the Cochrane Risk of Bias for Non-randomised Studies of Interventions tool. Two independent authors will extract the data to minimise errors and bias during the process of data extraction using an extraction tool developed by the authors. For analysis calculation, effect sizes will be expressed as risk ratios or ORs for dichotomous data or weighted (or standardised) mean differences and 95% CIs for continuous data in this systematic review. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: This systematic review will use secondary data only, therefore, research ethics approval is not required. The results from this study will be submitted to a peer-review journal for publication and we will present our findings at national and international conferences. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42019142842.

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Research DesignTrauma CentersHumansMeta-Analysis as TopicSystematic Reviews as Topicaccident & emergency medicinequality in health caretrauma management

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PMID34083344
PMCPMC8183269

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