Failure to receive prescribed imaging is associated with increased early mortality after injury in Cameroon

Matthew Driban, Fanny N Dissak-Delon, Melissa Carvalho, Mbiarikai Mbianyor, Georges A Etoundi-Mballa, Thompson Kingue, Richard L Njock, Daniel N Nkusu, Jean-Gustave Tsiagadigui, Juan C Puyana, Catherine Juillard, Alain Chichom-Mefire and S Ariane Christie

PLOS Global Public Health, 2023, vol. 3, issue 8, 1-12

Abstract: Despite having the highest rates of injury-related mortality in the world, trauma system capacity in sub-Saharan Africa remains underdeveloped. One barrier to prompt diagnosis of injury is limited access to diagnostic imaging. As part of a larger quality improvement initiative and to assist priority setting for policy makers, we evaluated trauma outcomes among patients who did and did not receive indicated imaging in the Emergency Department (ED). We hypothesize that receiving imaging is associated with increased early injury survival. We evaluated patterns of imaging performance in a prospective multi-site trauma registry cohort in Cameroon. All trauma patients enrolled in the Cameroon Trauma Registry (CTR) between 2017 and 2019 were included, regardless of injury severity. Patients prescribed diagnostic imaging were grouped into cohorts who did and did not receive their prescribed study. Patient demographics, clinical course, and outcomes were compared using chi-squared and Kruskal-Wallis tests. Multivariate logistic regression was used to explore associations between radiologic testing and survival after injury. Of 9,635 injured patients, 47.5% (4,574) were prescribed at least one imaging study. Of these, 77.8% (3,556) completed the study (COMPLETED) and 22.2% (1,018) did not receive the prescribed study (NC). Compared to COMPLETED patients, NC patients were younger (p = 0.02), male (p

Date: 2023
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