Accuracy of pre-hospital triage tools for major trauma: a systematic review with meta-analysis and net clinical benefit

We conducted a systematic review to evaluate and compare the accuracy of pre-hospital triage tools for major trauma in the context of the development of the Italian National Institute of Health guidelines on major trauma integrated management. PubMed, Embase, and CENTRAL were searched up to November...

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Veröffentlicht in:World journal of emergency surgery 2021-06, Vol.16 (1), p.31-31, Article 31
Hauptverfasser: Gianola, Silvia, Castellini, Greta, Biffi, Annalisa, Porcu, Gloria, Fabbri, Andrea, Ruggieri, Maria Pia, Stocchetti, Nino, Napoletano, Antonello, Coclite, Daniela, D'Angelo, Daniela, Fauci, Alice Josephine, Iacorossi, Laura, Latina, Roberto, Salomone, Katia, Gupta, Shailvi, Iannone, Primiano, Chiara, Osvaldo
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Zusammenfassung:We conducted a systematic review to evaluate and compare the accuracy of pre-hospital triage tools for major trauma in the context of the development of the Italian National Institute of Health guidelines on major trauma integrated management. PubMed, Embase, and CENTRAL were searched up to November 2019 for studies investigating pre-hospital triage tools. The ROC (receiver operating characteristics) curve and net clinical benefit for all selected triage tools were performed. Quality assessment was performed using the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies-2. Certainty of the evidence was judged with the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach. We found 15 observational studies of 13 triage tools for adults and 11 for children. In adults, according to the ROC curve and the net clinical benefit, the most reliable tool was the Northern French Alps Trauma System (TRENAU), adopting injury severity score (ISS) > 15 as reference (sensitivity (Sn), 0.92; specificity (Sp), 0.41; 1 study; sample size, 2572; high certainty of the evidence). When mortality as reference was considered, the pre-hospital triage tool with the best net clinical benefit trajectory was the New Trauma Score (NTS) < 18 (Sn, 0.82; Sp, 0.86; 1 study; sample size, 1001; moderate certainty of the evidence). In children, high variability among all triage tools for sensitivity and specificity was found. Sensitivity and specificity varied across all available pre-hospital trauma triage tools. TRENAU and NTS are the best accurate triage tools for adults, whereas in the pediatric area a large variability prevents any firm conclusion.
ISSN:1749-7922
1749-7922
DOI:10.1186/s13017-021-00372-1