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Description of Kampala Trauma Score II (KTSII) and road traffic accident injury severity of victims on arrival to emergency room in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2022.

Description of Kampala Trauma Score II (KTSII) and road traffic accident injury severity of victims on arrival to emergency room in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2022.

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  • Sep 2022
It is estimated that 1.35 million people die each year as a result of road traffic injuries worldwide, with Africa having the highest annual rate. Ethiopia has the highest fatality rate in road traffic accidents, at 79%. There is no well-established emergency medical system in Ethiopia to provide pre-hospital trauma care. A crosssectional study was...
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... (11.9%) of the severely injured patients died. The standard deviation of the Kampala Trauma Score-II of the road traffic accident victims was 2.5 (Table 5). ...