(1) Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, 25090 Erzurum, Turkey;(2) Department of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey
Abstract:
Aim
To determine the extent of missed injuries in patients hospitalized with major trauma in a Turkish Level 1 emergency department. We also tried to identify the primary factors contributing to each missed injury and to determine their subsequent adverse short-term clinical outcomes.