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Table 1 General characteristics

From: Structured approach with primary and secondary survey for major trauma care: an overview of reviews

SR author year

Data search

Type of included studies

Population

Description interventions/comparison

van Maarseveen (2020)

January 2019

2 studies:

Controlled before-and-after study

Adults and paediatrics trauma patients

“Application of a checklist versus no application”

comparison 1: structured approach/ clinical examination

Arruzza (2020)

December 2019

15 studies:

14 cohort studies and one RCT

“Trauma patients” adults

“WBCT as part of the primary survey vs conventional radiological procedures”

comparison 2: routine WBCT/ non-routine WBCT

Chidambaram (2017)

September 2016

11 studies: 5 prospective cohort studies, 5 retrospective studies and 1 RCT

“Trauma patients”; studies with paediatric patients were excluded

“conventional selective imaging vs whole body CT (WBCT) scanning”

comparison 2: routine WBCT/ non-routine WBCT

Hajibandeh (2015)

October 2013

9 studies: 8

retrospective and 1 prospective cohort studies

“Trauma patients” adults

“WBCT vs non-WBCT (i.e. conventional imaging)”

comparison 2: routine WBCT/ non-routine WBCT

Van Vugt (2013)

May 2013

0 studies

People who had

sustained all types of blunt high-energy trauma (including blast

or barotrauma)

resuscitation algorithms using routine CT vs algorithms using selective CT

comparison 2: routine WBCT/ non-routine WBCT

Caputo (2013)

2013

7 studies: cohort studies

“Human studies”, adults

“WBCT vs selective scan”

comparison 2: routine WBCT/ non-routine WBCT

Jiang (2013)

December 2013

11 studies: cohort studies

SR: adult blunt MTPs (age > 16 years, injury

severity score (ISS) > 16)

WBCT vs selective radiological imaging protocol (X-ray of the

pelvis and chest, trans-abdominal sonography, and/or selective CT)

comparison 2: routine WBCT/ non-routine WBCT

Healy (2013)

October 2012

6 studies: observational studies

SR: “Trauma patients”;

studies were excluded if patients were predominantly under

16 years of age

“WBCT vs selective CT scanning”

comparison 2: routine WBCT/ non-routine WBCT

Sierink (2012)

November 2010

4 studies: cohort studies

SR: Studies with a mainly adult study population

were included (defined as median age of the study group

above 16 years)

“immediate WBCT vs conventional imaging and selective CT”

comparison 2: routine WBCT/ non-routine WBCT