National Center for Trauma Medicine

Four-compartment modeling can help determine best COVID-19 control strategy

Researchers identified four key population categories to guide COVID-19 public health policies, showing that face masks and social distancing alone are insufficient to reverse disease trends. The study found that implementing mass quarantine and case isolation earlier greatly improves disease suppression effectiveness.

SourceNational Center for Trauma Medicine·JournalPrecision Clinical Medicine·DateAug 4, 2020

A clinical decision system to predict trauma patient outcome

Researchers developed a novel clinical decision support system to predict individual trauma patient outcome based on historical data and real-world evidence. The system uses an evidential reasoning rule to process clinical signs and symptoms, identifying patients at risk of adverse events such as ICU admission or in-hospital death.

SourceNational Center for Trauma Medicine·DateMay 26, 2020