Overall unadjusted mortality · adults (age > 15 years) with major trauma (ISS > 15)
It is very uncertain whether helicopter emergency medical services changes overall unadjusted mortality compared with ground emergency medical services (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
RR 1.03 [0.85, 1.26]
376648 participants
Very low
Health-related quality of life (Quality of Adjusted Life Years) · adults (age > 15 years) with major trauma (ISS > 15)
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Disability‐adjusted life years · adults (age > 15 years) with major trauma (ISS > 15)
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Adverse events · adults (age > 15 years) with major trauma (ISS > 15)
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Self‐reported medically or non‐medically attended unintentional injuries or injuries with an unspecified intent (injury rates adjusted for clustering) · children and young people aged 0 to 18 years
School injury prevention programmes showed no clear difference in self‐reported medically or non‐medically attended unintentional… compared with controls (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Self‐reported injuries or medically‐attended injuries · cyclists
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Medically attended or self‐reported injuries ‐ RCTs only · parents of children between the ages of 0 and 18 years
Parenting interventions probably leads to lower medically attended or self‐reported injuries ‐ RCTs only compared with usual care (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Greatest crash reductions in areas within 2km of camera sites, with 31% (1100), 39% (2200), 19% (500) and 21% (1600) reductions estimated for hospitalisation, medically treated, other injury and non‐injury crashes respectively.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
High
Mortality at 6 months · patients > 12 months of age with a severe traumatic brain injury and in a coma (post‐resuscitation GOS score ≤ 8 points) with raised,…
Decompressive craniectomy probably leads to lower mortality at 6 months compared with medical treatment only (moderate certainty).
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Mortality at 12 months · patients > 12 months of age with a severe traumatic brain injury and in a coma (post‐resuscitation GOS score ≤ 8 points) with raised,…
Decompressive craniectomy leads to lower mortality at 12 months compared with medical treatment only (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
'Unfavorable outcome' as per original Cochrane protocol at 6 months · patients > 12 months of age with a severe traumatic brain injury and in a coma (post‐resuscitation GOS score ≤ 8 points) with raised,…
Decompressive craniectomy may leads to higher 'Unfavorable outcome' as per original Cochrane protocol at 6 months compared with medical treatment only (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
'Unfavorable outcome' as per original Cochrane protocol ‐ at 12 months · patients > 12 months of age with a severe traumatic brain injury and in a coma (post‐resuscitation GOS score ≤ 8 points) with raised,…
Decompressive craniectomy showed no clear difference in 'Unfavorable outcome' as per original Cochrane protocol ‐ at 12 months compared with medical treatment only (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Changes in ICP from randomization up to 48 h · patients > 12 months of age with a severe traumatic brain injury and in a coma (post‐resuscitation GOS score ≤ 8 points) with raised,…
Decompressive craniectomy showed no clear difference in changes in ICP from randomization up to 48 h compared with medical treatment only (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse events assessed in various ways, up to 24 months · patients > 12 months of age with a severe traumatic brain injury and in a coma (post‐resuscitation GOS score ≤ 8 points) with raised,…
1 finding from 1 review