Comparison of injury patterns and interventions between adolescent, adult and paediatric trauma cases: a cross-sectional review of TARN data.

Objectives: The aim is to compare adolescent (10-24.99 years) trauma patterns and interventions to adult (≥25) and paediatric cases (<10) and to identify any transition points.

Design And Setting: Data were collected from the Trauma and Audit Research Network (TARN) over a 10-year period.