@article{ref1,
title="Abdominal injury score: a clinical score for the assignment of risk in children after blunt trauma",
journal="Radiology",
year="1994",
author="Taylor, G. A. and O'donnell, R. and Sivit, C. J. and Eichelberger, Martin R.",
volume="190",
number="3",
pages="689-694",
abstract="PURPOSE: To develop a clinical scoring scheme that can be used to predict the risk of abdominal injury in children after blunt trauma. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Presenting clinical features and outcomes, including the need for surgery, were reviewed for 793 children who underwent computed tomography (CT) after blunt abdominal trauma. These data were submitted to a logistic regression model to identify predictors for major abdominal injury. An abdominal injury score was developed on the basis of results of these analyses; higher scores denoted a progressively higher risk. RESULTS: The proportion of children with abdominal injury increased significantly with progressively higher scores (P = .0001). There was no significant difference between the predicted and actual frequency distributions of abdominal injury (P = .782). Patients were assigned to low-, intermediate-, and high-risk groups according to abdominal injury score, with a predicted probability of abdominal injury for each group of < or = 5%, 6%-15%, and > or = 16%, respectively. Frequency of major abdominal injury increased with higher scores, as did the need for laparotomy. CONCLUSION: The abdominal injury score shows promise as a useful tool for triage of children considered for emergency CT after blunt abdominal trauma.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0033-8419",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}