A ‘Direct to operating room’ approach improves critically injured patient outcomes
In a health system with the ability to reliably identify patients during prehospital transport or immediately upon emergency department arrival who are highly likely to require operative intervention, a DTOR approach improves operative outcomes and survival.
Authors
- Jennifer Leonard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2717-7397)
- Phillip M. Kemp Bohan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1240-3889)
- Lewis J. Kaplan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1514-1274)
Institutions
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Current Opinion in Critical Care
- Published
- 2025-05-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/mcc.0000000000001278
- Primary Topic
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00