Impact of the version of the abbreviated injury scale on injury severity characterization and quality assessment of trauma care

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-62

  Tohira, Hideo ^a   Jacobs, Ian ^a   Matsuoka, Tetsuya ^b   Ishikawa, Kazuo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abbreviated Injury Scale; Benchmarking; ISS; NISS; Risk adjusted mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960407115     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31821e5a25     Document Type: Article

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