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Registry Manager	Vilis Pavulans, Thomas Troëng
Steering group	Fawzi Al-Ayoubi, Linköping Olof Brattström, Stockholm - Karolinska Maaret Castrén, Stockholm - SÖS Hans Granheden, Göteborg - Sahlgrenska Linda Lundgren, Jönköping Vilis Pavulans, Karlskrona Thomas Troëng, Karlskrona Gunilla Wihlke, Stockholm - Karolinska Per Örtenwall, Göteborg - Sahlgrenska
Address	SweTrau EyeNet Sweden Blekinge Hospital SE-371 85 Karlskrona Sweden
Website	www.swetrau.se

Trauma is the most frequent cause of death during the four first decades of live in most developed countries.For every trauma deaht, three individuals are made invalids. Trauma causes great suffering, considerable invalidity and thereby large costs.

 

The aims of SweTrau are

1.	to monitor the process of care for trauma victims to identify weaknesses and strengths concerning patient categories, catchment areas and individual hospitals.
2.	to focus in-hospital care of severe trauma
3.	to include a prehospital part and also a posthospital component including rehabilitation and final outcomes of treatment.
4.	to be national.
5.	to publicly disclose measures of outcome and quality indicators, an important dimension of patient safety.
6.	to provide a basis for clinical research and more detailed studies.

Outcome-measures in SweTrau will be survival in relation to degree of injury ("case-mix") by hospital and the internationally accepted measure of invalidity GOS - the Glasgow Outcome Scale.

 

All the 35-40 hospitals in Sweden where trauma cases are admitted are invited to participate. Inclusion will be limited by degree of injury. In practice, injuries in need of operation and/or intensive care will be focused. Participating hospitals decide what degree of injury motivates registration, but when making comparisons the more severe injuries with an ISS (Injury Severity Score) > 15 will be analysed.  

 

Analysis / feedback of data will bemanaged electronically and participating centres will have direct access to their own data and those of the collective. Annual meetings for participants will improve feedback and further development of the registry. With a detailed knowledge of volumes, case-mix and outcomes, improvement potentials will be identified for specific types of injuries and for individual trauma care providers.