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Background Little is known about the performance of severity indices for indicating intensive care and predicting mortality in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of trauma patients.
Tatiane Gonçalves Gomes de Novais do Rio +4 more
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An overview of the injury severity score and the new injury severity score [PDF]
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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Blunt Cardiac Injury in the Severely Injured - A Retrospective Multicentre Study. [PDF]
Blunt cardiac injury is a rare trauma entity. Here, we sought to evaluate the relevance and prognostic significance of blunt cardiac injury in severely injured patients.In a retrospective multicentre study, using data collected from 47,580 patients ...
Marc Hanschen +10 more
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Clinical Analysis of Trauma Characteristics Among Preschool-Aged Children [PDF]
Purpose This study aimed to independently analyze pediatric trauma characteristics from a single institution in Korea to gain a better understanding of pediatric injury. Methods A retrospective review was conducted at a single, non-regional trauma center
Dohoe Ku, Ki Hoon Kim
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Review of the Clinical Characteristics of Adrenal Gland Injury Following Blunt Trauma in a Single Institution [PDF]
Purpose: Adrenal gland injuries in trauma are rare and usually misdiagnosed or undere-stimated in an emergency setting because they are asymptomatic and associated with severe abdominal injuries. This paper reviews the clinical characteristics of adrenal
Sung Yong Hong, Ki Hoon Kim
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Analysis of electrical injury in a Level I southern Taiwan trauma center
Background: Electrical injuries are potentially devastating in many ways. This study aimed to profile the epidemiologic characteristics and outcome of these patients in a Level I trauma center in Southern Taiwan. Methods: A retrospective review of 34 (1.
Rowena Sudario-Lumague +4 more
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Background Since its introduction, the Revised Trauma Score (RTS) has been widely used to determine the prognosis of trauma patients. Recent studies have revealed a need to change the parameters of the RTS. We have designed a new trauma score (NTS) based
Jin Hee Jeong +8 more
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Effectiveness after Designation of a Trauma Center: Experience with Operating a Trauma Team at a Private Hospital [PDF]
Purpose The present study aimed to evaluate the influence of how the trauma care system applied on the management of trauma patient within the region. Methods We divided the patients in a pre-trauma system group and a post-trauma system group according ...
Kyoung Hwan Kim +6 more
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The article is a bibliographic review which intends to present the actual range of researches comparing the Injury Severity Score (ISS) and the New Injury Severity Score (NISS).
Lilia de Souza Nogueira +3 more
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Prognosis of the Trauma Patients According to the Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS); A Diagnostic Accuracy Study [PDF]
Objective: To investigate the prognosis and survival rates of a group of Iranian patients with traumatic injuries using the trauma and injury severity score (TRISS) model.
Reza Hosseinpour +4 more
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