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Table 3 Quality assessment of studies included in review of mortality in polytrauma patients admitted to the ICU

From: Global changes in mortality rates in polytrauma patients admitted to the ICU—a systematic review

Author Clearly stated aim Consecutive patients Prospective data collection Selection bias Detection bias Reporting bias Total score
Lauwers et al. [12] 2 2 0 2 1a 2 9
Hervé et al. [25] 1 2 0 2 1 2 8
Kivioja [26] 2 2 1b 2 2 2 11
Goins et al. [27] 2 2 2 2 2 2 12
Regel et al. [13] 2 2 2d 2 1a 2 11
Regel et al. [36] 2 1 1 2 2 1 9
Aufmkolk et al. [14] 2 2 0 2 2 2 10
Dereeper et al. [15] 2 2 0 2 2 2 10
Hadfield et al. [16] 2 2 0 2 2 2 10
Pape et al. [43] 2 2 2 2 2 2 12
Rixen et al. [39] 2 1 2 2 2 2 11
Nast-Kolb et al. [17] 2 2 1b 2 2 2 11
Stiletto et al. [38] 2 2 2 1 2 2 11
Ruiz et al. [41] 2 2 2 2 2 2 12
Ruscelli et al. [42] 2 2 2 2 2 2 12
Ciesla et al. [19] 2 2 2 2 2 2 12
Dresing et al. [56] 2 2 2 2 1 2 11
Probst et al. [28] 2 2 1b 2 2 2 11
Wafaisade et al. [29] 2 2 2d 2 2 2 12
Zhang et al. [20] 2 2 0 2 1a 2 9
Dewar et al. [30] 2 2 2 2 2 2 12
Chen et al. [21] 2 2 0c 2 1a 2 9
Di Saverio et al. [22] 2 2 2d 2 2 2 12
Fröhlich et al. [31] 2 2 2d 2 2 2 12
Dehne et al. [34] 2 0 0 0 2 2 6
Freitas and Franzon [40] 2 2 0 1 2 2 9
Mazandarani et al. [37] 2 2 2 0 2 2 10
Brilej et al. [33] 2 2 2 2 2 2 12
Van Wessem and Leenen et al. [23] 2 2 2 2 2 2 12
Van Wessem and Leenen [32] 2 2 2 2 2 2 12
  1. aThe authors did not describe how data on mortality was gathered
  2. bPart of the data was collected prospectively
  3. cStudy design not described
  4. dData were collected prospectively; study design was retrospective
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World Journal of Emergency Surgery

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