Citation

Oyetunji T, Crompton JG, Efron DT, Haut ER, Chang DC, Cornwell EE, Baker SP, Haider AH. J. Surg. Res. 2010; 159(2): 627-632.

Affiliation

Department of Surgery, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, D.C.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jss.2009.08.026

PMID

20036392

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The Revised Trauma Score (RTS) is commonly used to assess physiologic injury; however its use is limited by missing data. This study compares different parameters of physiologic injury assessment in their ability to predict mortality after trauma. METHODS: Adult patients in the National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB version 7.0) were analyzed, and the following physiologic injury parameters were compared: RTS, systolic blood pressure (SBP), shock (SBP

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