Abstract
A method for comparing death rates of groups of injured persons was developed, using hospital and medical examiner data for more than two thousand persons. The first step was determination of the extent to which injury severity as rated by the Abbreviated Injury Scale correlates with patient survival. Substantial correlation was demonstrated. Controlling for severity of the primary injury made it possible to measure the effect on mortality of additional injuries. Injuries that in themselves would not normally be life-threatening were shown to have a marked effect on mortality when they occurred in combination with other injuries. An Injury Severity Score was developed that correlates well with survival and provides a numerical description of the overall severity of injury for patients with multiple trauma. Results of this investigation indicate that the Injury Severity Score represents an important step in solving the problem of summarizing injury severity, especially in patients with multiple trauma.
Keywords
MedicineInjury Severity ScoreAbbreviated Injury ScaleEmergency medicineInjury preventionSeverity of illnessPoison controlPhysical therapyIntensive care medicineInternal medicine
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- Year
- 1974
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 187-96
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Susan P. Baker,
Brian O’Neill,
William F. Haddon
et al.
(1974).
The injury severity score: a method for describing patients with multiple injuries and evaluating emergency care..
PubMed
, 14
(3)
, 187-96.