TY - JOUR AU - van Breugel, Johanna M. M. AU - Niemeyer, Menco J. S. AU - Houwert, Roderick M. AU - Groenwold, Rolf H. H. AU - Leenen, Luke P. H. AU - van Wessem, Karlijn J. P. PY - 2020 DA - 2020/09/30 TI - Global changes in mortality rates in polytrauma patients admitted to the ICU—a systematic review JO - World Journal of Emergency Surgery SP - 55 VL - 15 IS - 1 AB - Many factors of trauma care have changed in the last decades. This review investigated the effect of these changes on global all-cause and cause-specific mortality in polytrauma patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). Moreover, changes in trauma mechanism over time and differences between continents were analyzed. SN - 1749-7922 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13017-020-00330-3 DO - 10.1186/s13017-020-00330-3 ID - van Breugel2020 ER -