Should the new injury severity score replace the injury severity score in the trauma and injury severity score?

Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 308-312

  Aydin, Şule Akköse ^a   Bulut, Mehtap ^a   Özgüç, Halil ^a   Ercan, Ilker ^a   Türkmen, Nursel ^a   Eren, Bülent ^a   Esen, Mehmet ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Injury severity score; New injury severity score; Trauma and injury severity score

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; ORGAN INJURY; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 51849143298     PISSN: 1306696X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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