Table 2.

Patient selection flowchart

	TR-DGU	TARN
Patients documented in 2015–2016	81,479b	111,265b
Exclusionsa
Non-German/non-UK	− 10,917	− 8344
ISS < 9	− 23,660	− 25,101
Transfer in cases	− 6289	− 11,948
Early transfer out cases	− 5353	− 1250
Missing age, ISS, or outcome	45	0
Study population	40,638	64,622
Patients with intensive care treatment	35,803	11,744

^aMultiple reasons for exclusions may apply

^bAfter excluding isolated hip, burns, hanging and drowning