• The AIS is the basis for the Injury Severity Score (ISS), which is the most widely used measure of injury severity in patients with trauma. (medscape.com)
  • However, trauma mortality prediction in individual patients by any scoring system is limited and is in general no better than good clinical judgment. (medscape.com)
  • Although, decisions for individual patients should never be based solely on a statistically derived injury severity score, scoring systems can nonetheless serve to estimate quantitatively the level of acuity of injured patients that are applied to adjustments in hospital outcome assessments. (medscape.com)
  • Injury severity scoring is indispensable in stratifying patients into comparable groups for prospective clinical trials. (medscape.com)
  • The study aimed to determine the correlation between the type of injuries and GCS, ISS, and blood transfusions in the patients suffering from Motor Vehicle Accidents, who were presented to the Emergency Department at the King Khalid Hospital. (uran.ua)
  • Patients with abdominal or internal organ injuries had a statistically significant higher mean units of blood transfused. (uran.ua)
  • Patients sustaining injuries of certain parts related to high ISS (i.e., head, chest, abdominal, internal organ, pelvic) should be addressed on priority basis. (uran.ua)
  • Patients: A total of 12 489 patients with DM from January 1984 to December 2002 were matched by sex, age, and Injury Severity Score with 12 489 patients who did not have DM. (psu.edu)
  • In this retrospective cohort study, patients who presented to the UC San Diego Health Trauma Center for injuries from falling at the border wall between 2016 and 2021 were considered. (thejns.org)
  • INTRODUCTION - Exploratory laparoscopy for evaluating stable trauma patients with both blunt and penetrating abdominal injuries has seen increased usage in recent years, yet still remains a controversial modality within the trauma community. (sages.org)
  • A basic understanding of both blunt and penetrating injuries to the extremities and the resultant vascular abnormalities that occur with these injuries helps minimize mortality and morbidity in these patients. (medscape.com)
  • All patients also needed an Injury Severity Score of 15 or higher. (dotmed.com)
  • We hypothesize that malignant EEG patterns are associated with greater extent of brain injury evident on MR imaging, which would explain the typically poor outcomes within this subset of patients. (ajnr.org)
  • To discover if there is a significant difference in the pattern and severity of injury sustained during falls in patients who have consumed alcohol and those who have not. (bmj.com)
  • Previous studies have focused on in-hospital outcomes and patients with isolated injuries. (cdc.gov)
  • Within 1 year of injury, 44.6% of the patients were readmitted. (cdc.gov)
  • Patients admitted only for comfort care and those with injuries thought to be terminal and irreversible were excluded from the analysis. (the-hospitalist.org)
  • Next, Dr. Trust and his associates conducted a subgroup analysis of 300 patients admitted to the ICU (28%) and 766 (72%) admitted to the surgical ward who had all-system Abbreviated Injury Scale scores of less than 3, no hypotension on admission, and a Glasgow Coma Scale of 14 or greater. (the-hospitalist.org)
  • MELBOURNE - "Given the cost and risks associated with a vena cava filter, our data suggest that there is no urgency to insert the filter in patients who can be treated with prophylactic anticoagulation within 7 days after injury," the investigators wrote. (the-hospitalist.org)
  • Forty-one patients without other significant injuries stayed 1 to 3 days in the hospital only to rule out SigBCI and could have been discharged earlier. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • A resuscitation from an HS regards as a reperfusion insult which may induce neurological injury in patients with an UCCAO disease. (medsci.org)
  • Therefore, decisions for individual patients should never be based solely on a statistically derived injury severity score. (medscape.com)
  • However, scoring systems can serve to estimate quantitatively the level of acuity of injured patients that are applied to adjustments in hospital outcome assessments. (medscape.com)
  • A total of 5,642 patients admitted to the Traumatic Brain Injury Program of the McGill University Health Centre-Montreal General Hospital between 2000 and 2011 and diagnosed with a TBI were included in the study. (hindawi.com)
  • Location of the trauma in the chest wall, mechanical ventilation support, prognosis and injury severity score (ISS) were recorded for all patients. (thieme-connect.com)
  • Acute kidney injury and mortality in hospitalized patients. (bmj.com)
  • Predicting one-year mortality of critically ill patients with early acute kidney injury: data from the prospective multicenter FINNAKI study. (bmj.com)
  • Karunakar, Madhav A MD. "Management of Closed Diaphyseal Humerus Fractures in Patients with Injury Severity Score (ISS) ≥ 17. (orthocarolina.com)
  • Older patients who do not meet the criteria for transfers based on injury severity and mechanism, and haemodynamic instability, are typically managed locally [ 10 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Severity of complications of patients. (who.int)
  • Surgery is often needed in patients with more severe injury to place monitors to track and treat intracranial pressure elevation, decompress the brain if intracranial pressure is increased, or remove intracranial hematomas. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Patients with less severe injuries may have no gross structural damage. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Methodology: We retrospectively reviewed the hospital records of patients who were admitted and treated in our hospital with pelvic injuries from February 2012 to January 2015. (bvsalud.org)
  • Polytrauma seen in 41.6% of the patients was the most common associated injury seen with pelvic fractures. (bvsalud.org)
  • Res e ult l s t : the prevalence of brain death in followed-up patients was 46.6%, predominantly men, adults, with traumatic brain injury (44.3%) as cause of death. (bvsalud.org)
  • The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of the US-Mexico border wall height extension on traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) and related costs. (thejns.org)
  • Median injury severity score (ISS) was 13 (5-22). (sages.org)
  • The median Injury Severity Score was 5 (1-12). (lww.com)
  • Median Injury Severity Score was 33 (21-41) in the CG and 34 (26-41) in the SG (p = 0.29). (bvsalud.org)
  • However, women had less chance of dying during their acute care hospitalization than men of the same age, with the same TBI severity and following the same mechanism of injury. (hindawi.com)
  • Some studies suggested the need for the development of a new grouping methodology, specific for trauma cases, based on such factors as age, injury severity score (ISS), mechanism of injury, patient transfer, and the like. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Of the 105 cases for which the mechanism of injury was specified, 100 (95%) involved riders who struck their heads either on the ground or a nearby object after falling from the horse, four (4%) who were kicked or rolled on by the horse after falling from the horse, and one (1%) who fell to the ground after his head struck a pole while riding. (cdc.gov)
  • The study purpose was to assess the validity of the Mandible Injury Severity Score (MISS) developed by Shetty et al (J Oral Maxillofac Surg 65663, 2007) by measuring the association between the MISS and postoperative complications , operative time , and length of hospital stay (LOS) after operative treatment of isolated mandibular fractures . (bvsalud.org)
  • Given the severity of open fractures, maximizing the effectiveness of current prophylactic procedures is essential. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The ability to predict survival after trauma is perhaps the most fundamental use of injury severity scoring, Furthermore, injury severity scoring can provide objective correlations with resource utiliziation such as length of stay and costs of treatment, as well as inform clinical decisions regarding management of injuries of specific severity. (medscape.com)
  • A multimodal approach to prognostication, including continuous electroencephalography (EEG) patterns, clinical assessment of initial illness severity, MR imaging, spontaneous and evoked potentials, and serum biomarkers, has been recommended. (ajnr.org)
  • These models sum up patient data related to anamnestic and clinical risk factors and to severity of disease, to assess the probability of a patient's survival. (bmj.com)
  • 13 Tarnow-Mordi et al published another scoring system, the clinical risk index for babies (CRIB), which takes into account birthweight, gestational age, maximum and minimum fraction of inspired oxygen (FIO 2 ) and maximum base deficit during the first 12 hours, as well as presence of congenital malformations. (bmj.com)
  • A total of 1972 US military personnel who sustained a blast-related injury during military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan were identified from clinical records. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 5 Pape H C, Remmers D, Rice J, Ebisch M, Krettek C, Tscherne H. Appraisal of early evaluation of blunt chest trauma: development of a standardized scoring system for initial clinical decision making. (thieme-connect.com)
  • KDIGO clinical practice guideline for acute kidney injury. (bmj.com)
  • KDOQI US commentary on the 2012 KDIGO clinical practice guideline for acute kidney injury. (bmj.com)
  • Hemodynamic and clinical instability rather than severity of the organ injury is the predictor of failure in non-operative management. (nepjol.info)
  • Clinical manifestations vary markedly in severity and consequences. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The injuries caused by MVAs can be analyzed based on the type of injury, injury severity score, Glasgow Coma Scale and required blood transfusion. (uran.ua)
  • Special regard in the examination was given to Glasgow coma scale, a precise anatomical description of injuries, results of investigations and treatment were recorded. (bmj.com)
  • Controlling for age, admission Glasgow Coma Scale score, penetrating as compared to blunt injury, and presence of multiple trauma, females were 1.75 times more likely to die of their brain injury than males. (hindawi.com)
  • The use of vasoactive drugs, the Glasgow Coma Scale score and the diagnoses of Hemorrhagic and Ischemic stroke were associated with the evolution to the condition. (bvsalud.org)
  • The Saudi cohort was younger, the median age being 36 years compared with 50 years, with 51% of injuries caused by road traffic incidents. (bmj.com)
  • METHODS Five hundred and seventy two VLBW infants admitted from 1978 to 1987 were randomly assigned to a cohort (n = 396) for score development and a cohort (n = 176) for score validation. (bmj.com)
  • RESULTS Using multiple regression analysis, birthweight, Apgar score at 5 minutes, base excess at admission, severity of respiratory distress syndrome, and artificial ventilation were predictive of death in the development cohort. (bmj.com)
  • Multicentre cohort study of 16-70-year-olds admitted to 4 UK hospitals following injury. (springer.com)
  • BackgroundThe relationship between acute combat-related traumatic injury (CRTI) to coronary flow reserve (CFR) and subclinical cardiovascular risk have not been examined and was the primary aim of this study.Methods and resultsUK combat veterans from the ADVANCE cohort study (UK-Afghanistan War 2003-14) with traumatic limb amputations were compared to injured non-amputees and to a group of uninjured veterans from the same conflict. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • In a cross-sectional cohort study of more than 800 adults who presented with self-harm to psychiatric emergency departments in Sweden, participants aged 65 years and older scored higher than younger and middle-aged adults on measures of suicidal intent. (medscape.com)
  • Injuries are a leading cause of mortality and morbidity. (springer.com)
  • Discrepancies are still present in the literature in regard to mortality and morbidity following TBI and results of studies differ depending on whether or not covariables, such as age, TBI severity, or presence of multiple trauma, have been controlled for [ 5 , 6 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • The Injury Severity Score (ISS) is an established medical score to assess trauma severity. (wikipedia.org)
  • The aim of this study was (1) to establish a score which quantifies mortality risk of VLBW infants on admission to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and (2) to assess period specific changes in risk adjusted mortality in our NICU. (bmj.com)
  • The Noorbhai Maharaj (NM) score was used to assess and grade the quality of reporting RESULTS: Each of the five hospitals has different endoscopic reporting systems. (scielo.org.za)
  • The Kampala Trauma Score (KTS) was used to assess injury severity. (cdc.gov)
  • Medical therapy alone is rarely an option in penetrating or blunt trauma to the extremity vasculature when hard signs of injury are present. (medscape.com)
  • Uncertainty about the definition and diagnosis of blunt cardiac injury (BCI) leads to unnecessary hospitalization and cost while trying to rule it out. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • discussion 50-1 JF - The Journal of trauma JO - J Trauma VL - 54 IS - 1 N2 - BACKGROUND: Uncertainty about the definition and diagnosis of blunt cardiac injury (BCI) leads to unnecessary hospitalization and cost while trying to rule it out. (unboundmedicine.com)
  • Chest injury due to blunt trauma. (thieme-connect.com)
  • Hemorrhage from pelvic fracture is common in victims of blunt traumatic injury. (east.org)
  • They typically involve bullets or sharp objects, but a skull fracture with overlying laceration due to severe blunt force is also considered an open injury. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Researchers use multiple independent variables (eg, age, injury severity) to predict the dependent variable (or outcome). (medscape.com)
  • Regional hippocampal or basal ganglia injury was associated with a bad outcome regardless of electroencephalography findings. (ajnr.org)
  • The ability to predict outcome from trauma (ie, mortality) is perhaps the most fundamental use of injury severity scoring, a use that arises from the patient's and the family's desires to know the prognosis. (medscape.com)
  • The aim of this study was to compare acute outcome between men and women after sustaining a traumatic brain injury (TBI). (hindawi.com)
  • In their work, females had a significantly higher mortality and poorer outcome compared with males but this difference was no longer significant when covariables (presence of multiple injuries, postresuscitation pupil abnormalities, and Glasgow Coma Score) were controlled for. (hindawi.com)
  • 2 Athanassiadi K, Gerazounis M, Theakos N. Management of 150 flail chest injuries: analysis of risk factors affecting outcome. (thieme-connect.com)
  • Demographics, injury circumstances, and outcome information were collected using standardized case report forms. (cdc.gov)
  • 3. Palliative care to provide relief of symptoms related to an incurable, progressive illness or injury. (fl.us)
  • Older adults may have a high degree of suicidal intent yet still have low scores on scales measuring psychiatric symptoms, such as depression, new research suggests. (medscape.com)
  • The K6 identifies community cases based on severity of symptoms common to mental disorders. (cdc.gov)
  • The alcohol group had a higher incidence of head injuries (46 (48%) versus 22 (9%)) with a lower incidence of limb injuries (39 (39%) versus 183 (76%)) than the no alcohol group. (bmj.com)
  • Open head injuries involve penetration of the scalp and skull (and usually the meninges and underlying brain tissue). (msdmanuals.com)
  • Closed head injuries typically occur when the head is struck, strikes an object, or is shaken violently, causing rapid brain acceleration and deceleration. (msdmanuals.com)
  • In addition, individuals who have sustained head injuries are likely to suffer from problems with balance and dizziness (NIDCD, 1995). (cdc.gov)
  • A 22-item post-concussion symptom score (SS) scale was completed by both groups on initial assessment (SS1) and follow-up visit (SS2). (nih.gov)
  • ABSTRACT In Saudi Arabia, road traffic crashes are becoming a serious public health problem and there are no recent, large-scale, published reports discussing maternal and fetal injuries. (who.int)
  • The researchers excluded participants who had engaged in nonsuicidal self-injury (NNSI), as determined on the basis of the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS). (medscape.com)
  • 2.01-6.79) and severe injury score (OR 6.78, 95% CI: 4.04-11.37). (who.int)
  • CONCLUSION: GLFs in the elderly result in severe injury, high rate of readmissions, and increased mortality, both in-hospital and after discharge. (cdc.gov)
  • Patient outcomes following a minor polytrauma are often worse than those with a single severe injury. (medsci.org)
  • This paper focuses on the methods used to develop indicators for "all injury" incidence for the New Zealand Injury Prevention Strategy (NZIPS), launched in June 2003. (bmj.com)
  • The future of limiting the morbidity and mortality of these injuries probably lies with advances in other areas, such as motor vehicle safety, worldwide control and cleanup of antipersonnel mines, and injury prevention programs. (medscape.com)
  • Professor Jon Vernick teaches our introductory injury and violence prevention course first term and every year we host a reception for students in his course and other students who are interested in learning more about the Center and injury prevention at Johns Hopkins. (associationdatabase.com)
  • Before the pandemic, the seminars were held in-person, however, we have pivoted to a remote event to create space for individuals interested in injury prevention to continue to connect. (associationdatabase.com)
  • Medical records of persons with TBI are reviewed by state injury-prevention service personnel at all 125 hospitals in the state either one, two, or four times per year (frequency depends on the size of the hospital). (cdc.gov)
  • Acute kidney injury: prevention, detection and management. (bmj.com)
  • There was no significant difference in risk severity and in risk adjusted mortality between the eras 1978-87 and 1988-91. (bmj.com)
  • Improved Emergency Medical Services (EMS) systems, faster transport times, availability of interventional radiologic techniques, improved surgical technique, and newer vascular conduits may further reduce the morbidity and mortality of extremity vascular injury. (medscape.com)
  • BACKGROUND: For older adults, even ground-level falls (GLFs) can result in multiple injuries and are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. (cdc.gov)
  • 48% had an Injury Severity Score (ISS) greater than 15, and 12% died during admission. (cdc.gov)
  • AIM To develop and evaluate a score which quantifies mortality risk in very low birthweight (VLBW) infants (birthweight below 1500 g) at admission to the neonatal intensive care unit. (bmj.com)
  • CONCLUSION The present score is robust, easily obtainable at admission, and permits early randomisation based on mortality risk. (bmj.com)
  • Injury severity score, admission hematocrit and hemodynamic status were significantly different between non-operative management and Operative group. (nepjol.info)
  • The results of this study suggest that the MISS may be a valid measurement of mandibular injury severity as evidenced by the positive correlation between the MISS and postoperative complications , duration of operation, and LOS. (bvsalud.org)
  • In the first few days after the injury, maintaining adequate brain perfusion and oxygenation and preventing complications of altered sensorium are important. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Characterization of injury severity is crucial to the scientific study of trauma, yet the actual measurement of injury severity began only 50 years ago. (medscape.com)
  • Method of measurement: The Injury Severity Score (ISS). (who.int)
  • To determine how pattern and severity of injury correlates with blood alcohol concentration. (bmj.com)
  • The severity of both limb and head injury is greater and correlates directly with blood alcohol concentration. (bmj.com)
  • Similarly, this technique can be used retrospectively to identify and control for differences in baseline injury severity between patient populations. (medscape.com)
  • This heightened risk of intracranial injury among vulnerable immigrant populations poses ethical and economic concerns to be addressed regarding border wall infrastructure. (thejns.org)
  • With a special focus on children, older adults, populations affected by health disparities, veterans and other members of the military, and trauma survivors, the faculty, staff, and students of the Center use a multidisciplinary, multi-sector approach to studying and translating effective strategies to prevent injuries from happening and treat people when they are injured. (associationdatabase.com)
  • Trauma scoring also is used for quality assurance by allowing evaluation of trauma care both within and between trauma centers, a contentious and controversial area that is likely to only increase in importance. (medscape.com)
  • A thorough knowledge of basic medical-school anatomy of the extremities is essential in the evaluation and management of extremity vascular injuries. (medscape.com)
  • In many parts of the world, regional conflicts in which antipersonnel mines are used has given rise to a large population of children and civilian adults with extremity vascular and soft-tissue injuries resulting in amputations. (medscape.com)
  • Assessing outcomes objectively is challenging, but the evolution of injury severity scoring systems with sufficient precision and reproducibility now permits trauma centers to compare their processes and outcomes, facilitating identification of best practices that form the foundations of quality improvement programs. (medscape.com)
  • Developing a valid method for assessing mandibular injury severity could permit standardized comparisons of treatment -specific outcomes between and among various mandibular fracture studies. (bvsalud.org)
  • Blast injury emerged as a primary source of morbidity among US military personnel during the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, and led to an array of adverse health outcomes. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Since a score of 6 ("unsurvivable") indicates the futility of further medical care in preserving life, this may mean a cessation of further care in triage for a patient with a score of 6 in any category. (wikipedia.org)
  • For instance, in 2008, a Maryland state police chopper went down, killing the three crew and the patient, who would likely otherwise have survived the injuries that prompted the flight, he said. (dotmed.com)
  • All 130 reports were graded as NM Grade C. Scores of less than 20 points were seen in 106 reports (82%) and reflected across the different hospitals as follows: RKKH (100%), ADH (97%), KEH (93%), PMMH (56%) and IALCH (55% CONCLUSION: There is no uniform structured endoscopic reporting system within the Durban Metropolitan Hospital complex. (scielo.org.za)
  • Conclusion: Severity of TBI and presence of radiological abnormality influence new onset epilepsy after TBI. (who.int)
  • 13,14 Scores on the PCL-5 were summed to create a total symptom severity score. (health.mil)
  • Temporary vascular control can be achieved by simply applying pressure to the vessel proximal to the injury (eg, femoral pressure in a lower-extremity wound). (medscape.com)
  • Each subject also reported their initial degree of confusion, amnesia, or loss of consciousness, and whether a helmet was worn when the injury was sustained. (nih.gov)
  • Among the 106 survivors of riding-associated TBIs, 84 (79%) had one or more indicators of brain injury severity: 67 (63%) had loss of consciousness, 49 (46%) had posttraumatic amnesia, and 14 (13%) had persistent neurologic sequelae on discharge from the hospital (e.g., seizures or cognitive, hearing, vision, speech, and/or motor impairment). (cdc.gov)
  • Methods This was an observational study using records with injury dates in 2018 from the registries at both hospitals. (bmj.com)
  • Experimental models of ALI/ARDS use different methods of injury to acutely induce lung damage in both small and large animals. (lu.se)
  • Operative identification of arterial and venous injury as a prelude to repair often requires proximal and distal control of the artery or vein, which may require extending the wound in both directions or making counterincisions. (medscape.com)
  • Spleen and bowel injury are the most common organ that usually land up in operative group because of hemodynamic instability in splenic injury and peritoneal contamination in bowel injury. (nepjol.info)
  • The following is an overview of all combat-related injuries and deaths among Norwegian soldiers in the period from 2002 to 2010. (tidsskriftet.no)
  • There were 45 injury incidents with nine deaths among 42 soldiers. (tidsskriftet.no)
  • The injury mechanism behind seven of the deaths was an improvised explosive device (IED). (tidsskriftet.no)
  • Of the former, motor vehicle-related injury accounted for 87.4%, with 81% of paediatric admissions due to pedestrian-related injuries. (scielo.org.za)
  • Field trauma scoring also is used to facilitate rational prehospital triage decisions, thereby minimizing the time from injury occurrence to definitive management. (medscape.com)
  • These include (but are not limited to) infections of the inner ear, head injury, drug or environmental toxicity, cerebrovascular insults, degenerative changes due to aging or illness, and autoimmune reactions. (cdc.gov)
  • An increased incidence of PTSD is associated with physical problems and chronic health conditions after combat-related injury. (health.mil)
  • Performance could be further improved by using summary risk prediction scores such as the EUROSCORE II for coronary artery bypass graft surgery or the GRACE risk score for acute coronary syndrome. (who.int)
  • A major trauma (or polytrauma) is defined as the Injury Severity Score being greater than 15. (wikipedia.org)
  • 4. A traumatic injury with an Injury Severity Score of 9 or greater. (fl.us)
  • Advances in combat casualty care, medical transport, and personal protective equipment led to a greater survivability from wounds, and the US Military Health System subsequently faced a growing number of service members and veterans with injury-related sequelae [ 3 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Individuals with no radiologically detectable injury had least cognitive impairment (mean MMSE score - 27.97) Moreover, cognitive impairment was more in individuals with higher number of days in hospital and greater psychological distress. (who.int)
  • The study documents a significant correlation between the type of injury and GCS, ISS, and blood transfusion in victims of road traffic accident. (uran.ua)
  • Review of the literature demonstrated a Finnish study by Honkanen 1 and an American study by Hingson 2 investigating alcohol related falls although there has been more research on the effect of alcohol on general brain injury. (bmj.com)
  • This study compares the pattern and severity of injury in those that have taken alcohol with those who have not. (bmj.com)
  • The study compares pattern and severity of injury with blood alcohol concentration within the alcohol group. (bmj.com)
  • 14 The last two scores estimate the risk of dying in hospital with high accuracy, but cannot be assessed before 12-24 hours of age, during which time therapeutic interventions, such as surfactant substitution, or assignment to specific study groups, must already have taken place. (bmj.com)
  • The aim of this study was therefore to demonstrate the impact of psychological morbidity one month post-injury on subsequent quality of life in a general injury population in the UK to inform development of trauma care and rehabilitation services. (springer.com)
  • This study aimed to investigate whether resuscitation after a hemorrhagic shock (HS) and/or mild cerebral ischemia caused by a unilateral common carotid artery occlusion (UCCAO) can cause brain injury and concomitant neurological dysfunction, and explore the potential mechanisms. (medsci.org)
  • The present study described blast-related injury profiles with varying QOL levels that may indicate the need for integrated health services. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 8 Tanaka H, Tajimi K, Endoh Y, Kobayashi K. Pneumatic stabilization for flail chest injury: an 11-year study. (thieme-connect.com)
  • Ankle sprains are one of the most common musculoskeletal injuries. (nih.gov)
  • This article reviews the conceptual and statistical background necessary to understand injury severity scoring, presents the most common scoring systems, and addresses new ideas and trends in trauma scoring. (medscape.com)
  • [ 4 ] Fortunately, high-velocity assault weapon injuries and explosive injuries are less common in the United States. (medscape.com)
  • Sports-Related Concussion Sports activities are a common cause of concussion, a form of mild traumatic brain injury. (msdmanuals.com)
  • To demonstrate the impact of psychological morbidity 1 month post-injury on subsequent post-injury quality of life (HRQoL) in a general injury population in the UK to inform development of trauma care and rehabilitation services. (springer.com)
  • Psychological morbidity and HRQoL (EQ-5D-3L) were measured at recruitment and 1, 2, 4 and 12 months post-injury. (springer.com)
  • Multilevel logistic regression explored relationships between psychological morbidity 1 month post-injury and MID in HRQoL over the 12 months after injury. (springer.com)
  • All of the candidate indicators were subjected to a systematic assessment of validity, using the International Collaborative Effort on Injury Statistics (ICE) criteria. (bmj.com)
  • 7,8 Moreover, assessment of PTSD following combat-related injury is essential for planning appropriate treatment protocols and improving long-term well-being. (health.mil)
  • Head Injury Assessment Project. (sheffield.ac.uk)
  • Subjects with anatomic evidence of diffuse brain injury were less likely to have malignant electroencephalography patterns. (ajnr.org)
  • Diffuse axonal injury Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is physical injury to brain tissue that temporarily or permanently impairs brain function. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a life-threatening, high mortality pulmonary condition characterized by acute lung injury (ALI) resulting in diffuse alveolar damage. (lu.se)
  • Polytrauma can be defined as a combination of multiple, simultaneous injuries to more than one body part or organ system. (medsci.org)
  • Existing and previously proposed New Zealand national non-fatal injury indicators exhibited threats to validity. (bmj.com)
  • and number of cases of serious non-fatal injury. (bmj.com)
  • Of 93 cases for which time of injury was known, 64 (69%) occurred between noon and 8 p.m. (cdc.gov)
  • Among those hospitalized, the Abbreviated Injury Severity (AIS) scores ** for the head region ranged from two (moderate) (64% of cases) to five (critical) (5% of cases). (cdc.gov)
  • Of the 19 cases for which place of injury was specified, 15 occurred on a farm. (cdc.gov)
  • RTI cases were defined as injuries involving 1 moving vehicles on public roads. (cdc.gov)
  • 11 Individuals who sustained an injury during combat operations after 1 September 2001 are eligible for the WWRP and approached via postal mail and email to provide informed consent to complete biannual assessments for 15 years. (health.mil)
  • 24 gestational weeks), fetal abuse and assaults, puncture wounds women in Eastern Saudi Arabia who death at any gestational duration, or pre- and burn injuries [3,4]. (who.int)
  • Results found in the literature on brain injury are therefore more likely linked to men than women yet generalization to women has always been implicit. (hindawi.com)
  • however, in contrast to the military experience, penetrating trauma in the civilian setting is usually due to knife wounds or low-velocity handgun injuries. (medscape.com)