%0 Journal Article %T Comparison of trauma outcomes between Japan and the USA using national trauma registries %A Alan Smith %A Kyoungwon Jung %A Mitsuhide Kitano %A Motoyasu Yamazaki %A Raul Coimbra %A Shokei Matsumoto %J Archive of "Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open". %D 2018 %R 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000247 %X The National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB) has served as a global benchmark for trauma care quality and outcomes. Herein, we compared patient characteristics, trauma management, and outcomes between Japanese emergency and critical care centers and US level 1 trauma centers using the Japanese Trauma Data Bank (JTDB) and NTDB %K trauma/ critical care %K japan %K comparison %K united states %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6241981/