The long term effects of early analysis of a trauma registry.

Background: We established a trauma registry in 2003 to collect data on trauma patients, which is a major cause of death in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The aim of this paper is to report on the long term effects of our early analysis of this registry.

Methods: Data in the early stages of this trauma registry were collected for 503 patients during a period of 6 months in 2003.