Developing a trauma registry for the emergency department of a tertiary care hospital in Egypt: a step toward success

Khalil, Ahmed A.; El-Setouhy, Maged; Hirshon, Jon M.; El-Shinawi, Mohamed

doi:10.4103/ejs.ejs_55_21

Developing a trauma registry for the emergency department of a tertiary care hospital in Egypt: a step toward success

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Abstract

Background
Trauma continues to be a common problem affecting global health care systems. Accordingly, different types of trauma have been considered major causes of morbidity and mortality, with approximately five million deaths per year. Road traffic injuries, in particular, have been recognized by the WHO as the sixth leading cause of death in the eastern Mediterranean region. Developed countries have realized the importance of implementing registries across all health care systems to improve service quality. Unfortunately, Egypt has yet to establish a national trauma registry in its hospitals. Although data banks have been available in a few hospitals, they have been inconsistent.
Purpose
The present study aimed at developing a trauma registry for a major tertiary hospital in Cairo.
Patients and methods
To this end, data from 202 patients admitted to the emergency department of Ain Shams University Hospital owing to trauma were collected. Procedures and actions used were then described to create a trauma registry from January to December 2017.
Results
The collected data were statistically analyzed, after which the epidemiological distribution of the trauma patients was described. Accordingly, our results showed that among the included patients, 65% were men, whereas most were single, illiterate, and unemployed. Thereafter, statistics regarding trauma circumstances were generated.
Conclusion
In conclusion, the present study found that hospital trauma registries can be established, are essential for improving the quality of health care services, and should be used ubiquitously throughout the country’s hospitals to establish a national registry.

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