World journal of critical care medicine
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World J Crit Care Med · Aug 2014
French pre-hospital trauma triage criteria: Does the "pre-hospital resuscitation" criterion provide additional benefit in triage?
To evaluate the performance of the specific French Vittel "Pre-Hospital (PH) resuscitation" criteria in selecting polytrauma patients during the pre-hospital stage and its potential to increase the positive predictive value (PPV) of pre-hospital trauma triage. ⋯ The criterion of "pre-hospital resuscitation" was statistically significant with the severity of the trauma, but did not increase the PPV. The use of "pre-hospital resuscitation" criterion could be re-considered if these results are confirmed by larger studies.