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

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
6083953	Injury	2013	9 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Based on AIS 2008, ISS and NISS were not reliable for summarising anatomic injury severity in this study. This result indicates a limitation in their use as benchmarking tools for trauma system performance.

Keywords

Injury severity scores Agreement Trauma registries Reliability Abbreviated Injury Scale

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

Authors

Kjetil G. Ringdal, Nils Oddvar Skaga, Morten Hestnes, Petter Andreas Steen, Jo RÃ¸islien, Marius Rehn, Olav RÃ¸ise, Andreas J. Krüger, Hans Morten Lossius,