The injury scale - A valuable tool for forensic documentation of trauma

Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-28

  Sharma, B R ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Abbreviated injury scale; Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; AIS 90; Anatomic profile; APACHE II; APACHE III; Glasgow coma scale; ICD 9 injury severity score; Injury severity score; New injury severity score; Revised trauma score; Trauma and injury severity score; Trauma assessment; Trauma score

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; TERMINAL CARE; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 14844331403     PISSN: 13531131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2004.08.002     Document Type: Article

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