Comparison of Injury Severity Score (ISS) and New Injury Severity Score (NISS) in the Evaluation of Thoracic Trauma Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study [PDF]
Emergency Medicine InternationalObjective. To explore the value of the injury severity score (ISS) and the new injury severity score (NISS) for evaluating injuries and predicting complications (pneumonia and respiratory failure) and poor prognoses (in-hospital tracheal intubation ...
He Jin +13 more
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Validity of Trauma and Injury Severity Score Scoring in India [PDF]
Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock, 2023 Vamsi Krishna Kaza, Balamurugan Nathan
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Revised Trauma Score, Injury Severity Score, New Injury Severity Score and Trauma Revised Injury Severity Score among Trauma Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Comparative Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023 Introduction: Injury severity scoring can provide objective correlations with resource utilisation, such as length of stay and treatment costs, and inform clinical decisions regarding managing injuries of specific severity.
K Srinidhi +2 more
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A Comparative Study of Injury Severity Scales as Predictors of Mortality in Trauma Patients: Which Scale Is the Best? [PDF]
Bulletin of Emergency and Trauma, 2020 Objective: To compare the injury severity scales as predictors of mortality in trauma patients to search for the best scale.Methods: In a prospective cohort study and systematical random sampling conducted from March to September 2017, trauma patients ...
Mahnaz Yadollahi +4 more
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The practicality of interleukin-6 in prognosis of blunt chest trauma in Korea: a retrospective study [PDF]
Journal of Trauma and Injury, 2023 Purpose There are many studies on the practicality of interleukin-6 (IL-6) as a prognostic predictor in patients with multiple severe traumas. However, few studies focus on the practicality of IL-6 in patients with chest trauma.
Jeong Woo Oh +2 more
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An overview of the injury severity score and the new injury severity score [PDF]
Injury Prevention, 2001 Objective—The research was undertaken to describe the injury severity score (ISS) and the new injury severity score (NISS) and to illustrate their statistical properties. Design—Descriptive analysis and assessment of the distribution of these scales.
M, Stevenson +4 more
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An improved modified early warning score that incorporates the abdomen score for identifying multiple traumatic injury severity [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Background Rapid identification of trauma severity is essential for the timely triage of multiple trauma patients. Tools such as the modified early warning score (MEWS) are used for determining injury severity.
Xiaobin Jiang
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Revista Colombiana de Cirugía, 2022 Introducción. La población mundial crece y con ello los accidentes de tránsito, incrementando la morbimortalidad. La combinación de factores clínicos y paraclínicos mediante las escalas de trauma impacta en los desenlaces al permitir tomar acciones ...
Hanier Hernán Agudelo-Ledezma +7 more
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Characteristics of Traffic Accidents on Highways: An Analysis Based on Patients Treated at a Regional Trauma Center [PDF]
Journal of Trauma and Injury, 2021 Purpose There have been increasing concerns about serious traffic accidents on highways. The purpose of this study was to analyze factors affecting traffic accidents on highways and the severity of the resulting injuries. Methods This retrospective study
Sung Yong Lee +3 more
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Prehospital traction splint use in midthigh trauma patients
Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2020 Context: Traction splint (TS) use during emergency medical system transport has been theorized to relieve pain, limit continued injury from loose bone fragments, and decrease potential bleeding space in the injured thigh.
Danielle Campagne +6 more
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