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A comparative observational study of injury severity score and new injury severity score as criteria for admission of trauma patients in a tertiary care center

Journal of Marine Medical Society, 2020
Background: Trauma has been a major cause of morbidity and mortality all across the globe. For the improvement of delivery of efficient care to these victims, various trauma severity indices have been devised which make it possible to plan emergency care
Pawan Sharma, Abhishek Sharma, Usha Kumari   +2 more
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Effectiveness after Designation of a Trauma Center: Experience with Operating a Trauma Team at a Private Hospital [PDF]

Journal of Trauma and Injury, 2019
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, Sung Ho Han, Soon-Ho Chon, Joongsuck Kim, Oh Sang Kwon, Min Koo Lee, Hohyoung Lee   +6 more
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The contribution of injury severity, executive and implicit functions to awareness of defi cits after traumatic brain injury (TBI) [PDF]

, 2010
Deficits in self-awareness are commonly seen after Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and adversely affect rehabilitative efforts, independence and quality of life (Ponsford, 2004).
Barker, Lynne, Morton, Nicholas
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Childhood falls: characteristics, outcome, and comparison of the Injury Severity Score and New Injury Severity Score [PDF]

Emergency Medicine Journal, 2006
The aim of this study was to determine the general characteristics of childhood falls, factors affecting on mortality, and to compare the Injury Severity Score (ISS) and the New Injury Severity Score (NISS) as predictors of mortality and length of hospital stay in childhood falls.We retrospectively analysed over a period of 8 years children aged ...
Koksal, ÖZLEM, Ozguc, H, Korkmaz, A, Bulut, M, Turan, M   +4 more
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Ten years of new injury severity score (NISS): is it a possible change? Diez años del new injury severity score (NISS): ¿Cambio posible? Dez anos de new injury severity score (NISS): possível mudança?

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2008
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, Cristiane de Alencar Domingues, Miriam de Araújo Campos, Regina Márcia Cardoso de Sousa   +3 more
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Mensuração da gravidade do trauma com as versões 1998 e 2005 da Abbreviated Injury Scale [PDF]

, 2014
Objetivo: Comparar a gravidade das lesões e do trauma mensurada pelas versões da Abbreviated Injury Scale 1998 e 2005 e verificar a mortalidade nos escores Injury Severity Score e New Injury Severity Score nas duas versões.Método: Estudo transversal e ...
Lopes, Maria Carolina Barbosa Teixeira, Whitaker, Iveth Yamaguchi   +1 more
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Multiple injuries in peacetime and wartime estimate of severity of injury by the injury severity score and polytraumaschlüssel [PDF]

European Journal of Surgery, 2003
To compare the Injury Severity Score (ISS) and Polytraumaschlüssel (PTS) in patients with multiple peacetime and wartime injuries.Prospective and retrospective study.General hospital, Croatia.71 patients with multiple injuries admitted between 1 January 1993 and 30 September 1994; 41 had peacetime (road traffic accident) injuries and 30 had been ...
Korać, Želimir, Krajačič, Ivan, Hančević, Janko, Marušić, Zrinka   +3 more
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Evaluation of Trauma Severity Scores in Electric Scooter Related Injuries

Eurasian Journal of Emergency Medicine
Aim: Our study aimed to identify injuries related to electric scooters (e-scooters) in the emergency department (ED) and to compare trauma severity scores.
Recep Kemal Soylu, Taner Şahin, Mustafa Baştuğ, İbrahim Toker, Necmi Baykan   +4 more
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Evaluation of the revised trauma and injury severity scores in elderly trauma patients

Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2012
Background: Severity-of-illness scoring systems have primarily been developed for, and validated in, younger trauma patients. Aims: We sought to determine the accuracy of the injury severity score (ISS) and the revised trauma score (RTS) in predicting ...
Hannah F Watts, Yaniv Kerem, Erik B Kulstad   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Predictors of positive growth after traumatic brain injury : a longitudinal study [PDF]

, 2008
Primary objective: To investigate long-term positive psychological growth in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to relate growth to injury characteristics and early outcomes. Research design: Longitudinal study.
Hawley, Carol, Joseph, Stephen
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