The new injury severity score is a better predictor of extended hospitalization and intensive care unit admission than the injury severity score in patients with multiple orthopaedic injuries

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 508-512

  Balogh, Zsolt J ^a   Varga, Endre ^a   Tomka, János ^a   Süveges, Gábor ^a   Tóth, László ^a   Simonka, János A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Hospital LOS; ISS; Multiple orthopaedic trauma; New injury severity score(NISS)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0041472665     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200308000-00006     Document Type: Article

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