Severe head injury in elderly: 6-year comparison of treatment and outcome between southern Finland and Navarra (Spain).

Purpose: To compare the profile, treatment and outcome of elderly patients with severe traumatic brain injuries (TBI) between southern Finland and Navarra (Spain).

Methods: Data collected from, 2010 to 2015, in the Major Trauma Registry of Navarra (MTR-N) and the Helsinki Trauma Registry (HTR) were compared. Patients with New Injury Severity Score (NISS) ≥ 16 and age ≥ 65 with isolated severe TBI were considered.

Quality assessment of Major Trauma Registry of Navarra: completeness and correctness.

This study assessed the completeness of the Major Trauma Registry of Navarra (MTR-N) data and their concordance with the patients' medical files. It retrospectively reviewed all the MTR-N cases documented in June and July of 2014 and 2015. For each case, 42 parameters' values were taken from the MTR-N.

Mortality in severe trauma patients attended by emergency services in Navarre, Spain: validation of a new prediction model and comparison with the Revised Injury Severity Classification Score II.

Objectives: To validate the Mortality Prediction Model of Navarre (MPMN) to predict death after severe trauma and compare it to the Revised Injury Severity Classification Score II (RISCII).

Material And Methods: Retrospective analysis of a cohort of severe trauma patients (New Injury Severity Score >15) who were attended by emergency services in the Spanish autonomous community of Navarre between 2013 and 2015. The outcome variable was 30-day all-cause mortality.

[Inclusion of prehospital mortality statistics in severe trauma registries: a study of the influence of inclusion on trauma lethality rates and survival prediction].

Objectives: To compare the frequency and characteristics of prehospital and hospital deaths and assess whether injury severity and age can predict mortality when prehospital deaths are included or excluded from total mortality.

Material And Methods: Descriptive analysis of a retrospective cohort of 918 patients with multiple injuries attended by emergency medical services in Navarre, Spain, in 2010-2013. We analyzed prehospital and hospital deaths by cause of injuries and developed and compared the precision of logistic regression models to predict mortality.