Open AccessDeterminants of outcome of abdominal trauma in an urban tertiary center
Author(s) -
Solomon Agbroko,
Adedapo Olumide Osinowo,
Emmanuel Ajibola Jeje,
O A Atoyebi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
nigerian journal of surgery/nigerian journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7100
pISSN - 1117-6806
DOI - 10.4103/njs.njs_2_19
Subject(s) - medicine , trauma center , injury severity score , abdominal trauma , blunt , injury prevention , prospective cohort study , blunt trauma , mortality rate , penetrating trauma , poison control , surgery , emergency medicine , retrospective cohort study
Abdominal trauma constitutes a significant cause of potentially preventable mortality. Therefore, knowledge of the determinants of outcome facilitates the development of rational treatment protocols for improving outcome.