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Application status of the definition of polytrauma in clinical research-A review of the past decade
1Department of Orthopedic Trauma Surgery, Ningbo NO.6 Hospital, P. R. China
2Department of Orthopedic Trauma Surgery, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
3Department of Orthopedic Trauma Surgery, The second affiliated hospital and Yuying Children’s hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, P. R. China
DOI: 10.22514/sv.2020.16.0120 Vol.17,Issue 3,May 2021 pp.42-46
Submitted: 10 November 2020 Accepted: 16 December 2020
Published: 08 May 2021
*Corresponding Author(s): Ding Xu E-mail: xuding831129@126.com
Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the evolution and latest trends in the application of different polytrauma definitions in the past ten years of clinical research, by collecting published polytrauma study data.
Method: We conducted Pubmed, Embase and Ovid searches of literature on polytrauma, published between January 2008 and December 2018. The title, author name, definition of polytrauma, publishing date, country, type of article, and the name and impact factor of journal were recorded and analysed.
Results: Based on different definition of polytrauma, the selected articles were grouped into four categories: (1) definition of polytrauma based on ISS, (2) definition of polytrauma based on NISS, (3) definition of polytrauma based on AIS, (4) descriptive definition of polytrauma. The 321 selected articles were published in 56 journals, predominantly in European and American medical journals, led by Injury (n = 41), followed by Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery (n = 27) and European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery (n = 17). Germany had the largest number of publications, with 88 articles. All articles were clinical research. There were 88 multi-centre studies and 233 single-centre studies.
Conclusions: The definition of polytrauma in clinical research was still mainly based on ISS. The appearance of the “New Berlin Definition” provides a new direction for its development. However, all these varying definitions are inconsistent and a globally recognised definition of polytrauma should be established.
Polytrauma; Definition; Bibliometric analysis; ISS; NISS; AIS
Ding Xu,Yu-Long Shi,Peng Luo,Wei-Jun Guo. Application status of the definition of polytrauma in clinical research-A review of the past decade. Signa Vitae. 2021. 17(3);42-46.
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