The worst injury predicts mortality outcome the best; rethinking the role of multiple injuries in trauma outcome scoring

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 599-607

  Kilgo, Patrick D ^a   Osler, Turner M ^c   Meredith, Wayne ^b  

^a Departments of Public Health Sciences   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

ICISS; Injury severity scoring; Logistic regression; New Injury Severity Score (NISS); Survival risk ratios (SRRs); Trauma Registry Abbreviated Injury Scale Score (TRAIS)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION STATISTICS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASE BASED INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEW INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RISK RATIO; TRAUMA REGISTRY ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE SCORE; VARIANCE; WORST INJURY;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0142178298     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000085721.47738.BD     Document Type: Article

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