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0242/2025 - Triage criteria for trauma centers and in-hospital mortality of victims of external causes: a Brazilian cohort
Critérios de triagem para centros de trauma e mortalidade hospitalar de vítimas de causas externas: uma coorte brasileira

Author:

• Rita de Cássia Almeida Vieira - Vieira, RCA - <ritavieira@academico.ufs.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9210-4445

Co-author(s):

• Regina Márcia Cardoso de Sousa - Sousa, RMC - <vian@usp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2575-7937
• Cristiane de Alencar Domingues - Domingues, CA - <crismingues@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2163-0672
• Lillian Caroline Fernandes - Fernandes, LC - <lilliancfernandes@usp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7557-5285
• Dyenily Alessi Sloboda - Sloboda, DA - <dyenilyas@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3019-1659
• Luciana Maria Capurro de Queiroz Oberg - Oberg, LMCQ - <oberg@usp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1443-7081
• Daiana Terra Nacer - Nacer, DT - <daiananacer@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5511-9100
• Francilene da Luz Belo - Belo, FL - <francilene.belo@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8243-9030
• Eleine Aparecida Penha Martins - Martins, EAP - <eleinemartins@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6649-9340
• Eduesley Santana-Santos - Santana-Santos, E - <eduesley.santos@academico.ufs.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8545-5677
• Lilia de Souza Nogueira - Nogueira, LS - <lilianogueira@usp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5387-3807


Abstract:

The aim was to associate the triage criteria of the American College Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS-COT) with hospital mortality among trauma patients in Brazil. A prospective cohort study was conducted in 2019 at 10 Brazilian institutions, involving trauma patients aged 18 or older who received pre-hospital care at the trauma scene. The 11 ACS-COT criteria were the independent variables, and the hospital clinical outcome (discharge or death) was the dependent variable. The Pearson’s Chi-Square and Fisher’s Exact tests and the Odds Ratio (OR) calculation were applied with significance level of 5%. Of the 626 trauma patients, 54.95% were triaged incorrectly. There were significant differences between the groups (hospital discharge or death) in 7 of the 11 ACS-COT criteria. The criteria with the highest odds for hospital death were systolic blood pressure less than 90 mmHg (OR 82.50), GCS equal to or less than 13 (OR 52.87), and respiratory rate less than 10 or greater than 29 breaths per minute (bpm) or the need for ventilatory support (OR 32.35). Altered vital signs at the trauma scene were conditions with the highest chance of hospital death, highlighting the importance of applying triage criteria for the correct referral of trauma patients to healthcare services.

Keywords:

Triage. External causes. Emergencies. Injuries and wounds. Hospital mortality.

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Vieira, RCA, Sousa, RMC, Domingues, CA, Fernandes, LC, Sloboda, DA, Oberg, LMCQ, Nacer, DT, Belo, FL, Martins, EAP, Santana-Santos, E, Nogueira, LS. Triage criteria for trauma centers and in-hospital mortality of victims of external causes: a Brazilian cohort. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2025/Jul). [Citado em 05/12/2025]. Está disponível em: http://www.cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/triage-criteria-for-trauma-centers-and-inhospital-mortality-of-victims-of-external-causes-a-brazilian-cohort/19718



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