
to identify the severity of patients admitted to an emergency trauma.A cross-sectional and retrospective study with 115 trauma patients classified as orange (Manchester System), from June 2013 to July 2014. The data were presented as mean and standard deviation, in addition to the Pearson Chi-square test, One-Way ANOVA and Tukey tests.from the sample, 81.7% were male with mean age of 39.46±19.71 years. Higher incidence of major trauma (48.7%) and traumatic brain injury (37.4%). At the end of the outcome and MEWS, most cases that had score 1 to 3 were referred to the operating room and the ICU.the start point of MEWS was 2 to 3 points, with significant increase in the severity of the situation of patients seen after 6 hours, and approximately half of the individuals underwent surgery, indicating that the scale is a good predictor of severity.
Adult, Aged, 80 and over, Male, Adolescent, Nursing Diagnosis, Multiple Trauma, Infant, Reproducibility of Results, Middle Aged, Young Adult, Cross-Sectional Studies, Injury Severity Score, Child, Preschool, Humans, Female, Child, Emergency Service, Hospital, Brazil, Aged, Retrospective Studies
Adult, Aged, 80 and over, Male, Adolescent, Nursing Diagnosis, Multiple Trauma, Infant, Reproducibility of Results, Middle Aged, Young Adult, Cross-Sectional Studies, Injury Severity Score, Child, Preschool, Humans, Female, Child, Emergency Service, Hospital, Brazil, Aged, Retrospective Studies
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