Abbreviated Injury Scale: Not a reliable basis for summation of injury severity in trauma facilities?

Injury

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 691-699

  Ringdal, Kjetil G ^a,b,c,d   Skaga, Nils Oddvar ^b   Hestnes, Morten ^b   Steen, Petter Andreas ^b,c   Røislien, Jo ^a,e   Rehn, Marius ^a,c,f   Røise, Olav ^b,c,d   Krüger, Andreas J ^a,g,h   Lossius, Hans Morten ^a,i  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^g TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^h NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Abbreviated Injury Scale; Agreement; Injury Severity Scores; Reliability; Trauma registries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEW INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; BENCHMARKING; CLINICAL CODING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; NORWAY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84876051259     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2012.06.032     Document Type: Article

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