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Review
. 2022 Oct;38(4):695-706.
doi: 10.1016/j.ccc.2022.06.011.

The State of Global Trauma and Acute Care Surgery/Surgical Critical Care

Kapil Dev Soni  1 , Varun Bansal  2 , Harshit Arora  3 , Sukriti Verma  4 , Martin Gerdin Wärnberg  5 , Nobhojit Roy  6
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The State of Global Trauma and Acute Care Surgery/Surgical Critical Care

Kapil Dev Soni et al. Crit Care Clin. 2022 Oct.

Abstract

Trauma is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally, with a significant burden attributable to the low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where more than 90% of injury-related deaths occur. Road injuries contribute largely to the economic burden from trauma and are prevalent among adolescents and young adults. Trauma systems vary widely across the world in their capacity of providing basic and critical care to injured patients, with delays in treatment being present at multiple levels at LMICs. Strengthening existing systems by providing cost-effective and efficient solutions can help mitigate the injury burden in LMICs.

Keywords: Acute care surgery; Global trauma; Global trauma solutions; Surgical critical care; Trauma economic burden; Trauma registries; Trauma systems.

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Disclosure The article is original, has not been published before, and is not being considered for publication anywhere else. All authors have sufficiently contributed for the article. There is no conflict of interests and financial support involved. The article has been read and approved for submission by all authors.