Different AIS triplets: Different mortality predictions in identical ISS and NISS

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 711-717

  Aharonson Daniel, Limor ^a   Giveon, Adi ^a   Stein, Michael ^a   Peleg, Kobi ^a   Alficci, R ^b   Jeroukhimov, J ^b   Klein, Y ^b   Kluger, Y ^b   Michaelson, M ^b   Rivkind, A ^b   Shaked, G ^b   Simon, D ^b   Soffer, D ^b   Stein, M ^b  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Injury Severity Score; Inpatient mortality; Methodology; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33748754103     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000235294.32326.e6     Document Type: Article

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