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Mr Oliver Boughton

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer

Honorary Clinical Research Fellow
 
 
 
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The MSk LabCharing Cross HospitalCharing Cross Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Boughton:2015:sicotj/2015007,
author = {Boughton, O and Jones, GG and Lavy, CBD and Grimes, CE},
doi = {sicotj/2015007},
journal = {SICOT-J},
title = {Young, male, road traffic victims: a systematic review of the published trauma registry literature from low and middle income countries},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/sicotj/2015007},
volume = {1},
year = {2015}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - – Background: Trauma contributes significantly to the global burden of disease. We analysed publishedtrauma registries to assess the demographics of those most affected in low and middle-income countries (LMICs).Methods: We performed a systematic review of published trauma registry studies according to PRISMA guidelines.We included published full-text articles from trauma registries in low and middle-income countries describing thedemographics of trauma registry patients. Articles from military trauma registries, articles using data not principallyderived from trauma registry data, articles describing patients of only one demographic (e.g. only paediatric patients),or only one mechanism of injury, trauma registry implementation papers without demographic data, review papersand conference proceedings were excluded.Results: The initial search retrieved 1868 abstracts of which 1324 remained after duplicate removal. After screeningthe abstracts, 78 full-text articles were scrutinised for their suitability for inclusion. Twenty three papers from14 countries, including 103,327 patients, were deemed eligible and included for analysis. The median age of traumavictims in these articles was 27 years (IQR 25–29). The median percentage of trauma victims who were male was75 (IQR 66–84). The median percentage of road traffic injuries (RTIs) as a percentage of total injuries caused by traumawas 46 (IQR 21–71).Conclusions: Young, male, road traffic victims represent a large proportion of the LMIC trauma burden. This informationcan inform and be used by local and national governments to implement road safety measures and other strategiesaimed at reducing the injury rate in young males.
AU  - Boughton,O
AU  - Jones,GG
AU  - Lavy,CBD
AU  - Grimes,CE
DO  - sicotj/2015007
PY  - 2015///
SN  - 2426-8887
TI  - Young, male, road traffic victims: a systematic review of the published trauma registry literature from low and middle income countries
T2  - SICOT-J
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/sicotj/2015007
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/26912
VL  - 1
ER  -
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