Appendix, Gallbladder and Surgical Emergencies · 30 June 2026

Trauma Center Level Impacts Mortality in Shock Patients

Trauma outcomes differ significantly based on treatment at level I versus level II centers, impacting patient selection for serious injuries.

Analyzing 363,470 trauma patients, level I centers had a higher unadjusted mortality (8.2%) compared to level II (6.9%), but adjusted outcomes showed no overall difference.
Level I centers had lower adjusted mortality for shock patients and those with blunt multisystem trauma.
Surgeons should consider rapid transfer protocols for physiologically unstable blunt trauma patients to optimize survival chances.

Journal Article by McLaughlin CJ, Song J (…) Kaufman EJ et 6 al. in J Am Coll Surg

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