A Comparison of the Kampala Trauma Score (KTS) with the Revised Trauma Score (RTS), Injury Severity Score (ISS) and the TRISS Method in a Ugandan Trauma Registry: Is Equal Performance Achieved with Fewer Resources?

European Journal of Trauma

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 392-398

  MacLeod, Jana B A ^a   Kobusingye, Olive ^b   Frost, Chris ^c   Lett, Ron ^b   Kirya, Fred ^b   Shulman, Caroline ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Severity scores; Trauma registries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; KAMPALA TRAUMA SCORE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVISED TRAUMA SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UGANDA;

EID: 0347989152     PISSN: 14390590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00068-003-1277-5     Document Type: Article

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