Simplifying Physiologic Injury Severity Measurement for Predicting Trauma Outcomes1

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 627-632

  Oyetunji, Tolulope ^a   Crompton, Joseph G ^b   Efron, David T ^b   Haut, Elliott R ^b   Chang, David C ^b   Cornwell III, Edward E ^a   Baker, Susan P ^c   Haider, Adil H ^b  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

injury scoring; physiologic; trauma outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATIENT SELECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYSTOLE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949491057     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2009.08.026     Document Type: Article

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