%0 Journal Article %T Trauma outcome analysis of a jakarta university hospital using the triss method: validation and limitation in comparison with the major trauma outcome study. trauma and injury severity score %J Journal of trauma %D 2001 %A Ponsen, Kees Jan %A Luitse, Jan S. K. %A Soedarmo, S. %A Joosse, P. %V 51 %N 1 %P 134-140 %X BACKGROUND: In this prospective study, the TRISS methodology is used to compare trauma care at a University Hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia, with the standards reported in the Major Trauma Outcome Study (MTOS). METHODS: Between February 24, 1999, and July 1, 1999, all consecutive patients with multiple and severe trauma were included in the study (n = 105). Survival analysis was completed for 97 (92%) patients. RESULTS: The majority of patients were men (81%), and the average age was 28 years. Ninety-five patients (98%) sustained blunt trauma, with motor vehicle crashes being the most common (68%). The predicted mortality was 14% and the observed mortality was 29%. The Z and M statistics were 7.87 and 0.843, respectively. CONCLUSION: We conclude that in developing countries both institution-bound factors and specific limitations in the TRISS methodology are responsible for the difference between predicted and observed mortality, indicating the need for a regional database. %G %I Lippincott Williams and Wilkins %@ 0022-5282 %U http://dx.doi.org/