Affirul Chairil AriffinMohamed HajhamadFirdaus HayatiNornazirah AzizanZamri ZuhdiAzlanudin AzmanIkhwan Sani MohamadHairol OthmanRazman JarminJae Gil Lee2024-05-282024-05-28201922/12/2019Ariffin, A. C., Hajhamad, M., Hayati, F., Azizan, N., Zuhdi, Z., Azman, A., Mohamad, I. S., Othman, H., Jarmin, R., & Lee, J. G. (2019). Initial Trauma Database in a University Hospital in Malaysia. Borneo Journal of Medical Sciences (BJMS), 19. https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.v0i0.11751985-1758945-4410.51200/bjms.v0i0.1175https://jurcon.ums.edu.my/ojums/index.php/bjms/article/view/1175https://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/4708Trauma is a major health problem in Malaysia. An understanding of the trauma epidemiology is important in developing a reliable trauma service. The aim of this study is to understand the pattern of trauma in our institution and to highlight the need for a dedicated trauma service. In this database, 142 cases were included. Majority were males (127, 89.4%). Most common injury types are motor vehicle accidents (87.3%) followed by falls (7.7%), and stabs (3.5%). Most Injury Severity Score (ISS) falls under moderate score with 38.7%. Mean Abbreviated Injury Score (AIS) was 3 with most involving the chest and 90% of the patients have injuries involving at least 2 regions. Average hospital length of stay (LOS) was 11.4 days ±11.5 SD; with most patients (71.8%) were discharged without permanent disability. The mortality rate was 9.2% with all having ISS>16. ISS found to be strongly related to longer hospital stay and worse outcome (0.59, p < 0.0001, 0.4, p < 0.0001). This data is equivalent to the compared registries from 4 different trauma centres. However, steps need to be taken to improve this database. In conclusion, this university hospital receives a reasonable load of trauma cases yearly which is equivalent with other trauma centres. The increasing trauma cases will benefit from an implementation of a dedicated trauma service. This trauma database needs more depth in its elements and better data handling to ensure a quality and complete registry.entrauma,injuries,trauma severity index,data banks,registriesArticle1925133