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Table 2 Degree of data validation of documented records in the German Pelvic Injury Register and the TraumaRegister DGU ®

From: Trauma registry record linkage: methodological approach to benefit from complementary data using the example of the German Pelvic Injury Register and the TraumaRegister DGU®

 

n [patients]

PIR

TR

Statistics [p]

Exact match [%]

Tolerance [%]

Criteria for tolerance

ISS [points, mean ± SD]

420

27 ± 13

27 ± 13

0.50

13

70

± 9 points

initial BP [mmHg, mean ± SD]

73

99 ± 19

108 ± 27

0.005

20

44

± 10 mmHg

initial Hb [g/dl, mean ± SD]

73

8.6 ± 2.9

9.6 ± 3.1

<0.001

21

66

± 1 g/dl

mortality [%]

420

10% (n = 42)

10% (n = 42)

1.0

100

100

none

  1. PIR, Pelvic Injury Register; TR, TraumaRegister DGU®; ISS, Injury Severity Score; BP, blood pressure on arrival in the emergency department; Hb, haemoglobin on arrival in the emergency department. The exact match of the records was defined as the Gold Standard, but also minor discrepancies according the above-mentioned criteria were tolerated. The low completeness of 73 records of the initial BP and Hb is due to the fact that in the PIR these both parameters are only mandatory for complex pelvic injuries.