SEVERITY OF INJURIES IN TRAUMA PATIENTS

Authors
KINGMA J
Citation
J. Kingma, SEVERITY OF INJURIES IN TRAUMA PATIENTS, Perceptual and motor skills, 80(1), 1995, pp. 105-106
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental
Journal title
Perceptual and motor skills → ACNP
ISSN journal
00315125
Volume
80
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
105 - 106
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-5125(1995)80:1<105:SOIITP>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The present purpose was to illustrate the range of severity scores amo ng trauma patients. A computerised conversion of ICD-9CM injury diagno ses into scores for severity of injury was processed on data of 36,178 trauma patients. More than 94% of the patients had injuries of minor severity. The probability of mortality was .67 when the Injury Severit y Score (ISS) was greater than or equal to 16.