title: [Conclusions and consequences from registries: the Polytrauma Register of the German Society of Trauma Surgery].
abstract: In the trauma register of the German society of traumatology until now 5353 patients have been analysed. The mean age was 38.5 years, the proportion of blunt injuries was 94.3%. The mean ISS was 24.8%, the emergency doctor arrived in the middle 22.4 minutes after the accident. The stay of the emergency doctor lasted 32.9 minutes and the transport from the place of accident to the hospital took 18.3 minutes. The rate of intubation through the emergency doctor was 58.3%. The mean stay at hospital was 31.1 days, at the intensive car unit 13.1 days with a mean time of 8.7 days artificial respiration. In comparing the years we saw an improvement of outcome throughout all participating hospitals. Future aims of the trauma register are to increase the quality of life after trauma, to guarantee an adequate quality of treatment, to analyse costs and to include all German hospitals in the trauma register.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Unfallchirurgie, Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Siemensplatz 4, 29223 Celle.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Oestern
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rieger
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wittke
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Polytrauma
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011788:Quality of Life; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000706:statistics & numerical data