TY - JOUR PY - 2016// TI - Comparison of Revised Trauma Score, Injury Severity Score and Trauma and Injury Severity Score for mortality prediction in elderly trauma patients JO - Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi A1 - Yousefzadeh-Chabok, Shahrokh A1 - Hosseinpour, Marieh A1 - Kouchakinejad-Eramsadati, Leila A1 - Ranjbar, Fatemeh A1 - Malekpouri, Reza A1 - Razzaghi, Alireza A1 - Mohtasham-Amiri, Zahra SP - 536 EP - 540 VL - 22 IS - 6 N2 - BACKGROUND: Trauma is the fifth leading cause of death in patients 65 years and older. This study is a comparison of results of Revised Trauma Score (RTS), Injury Severity Score (ISS), and Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS) in prediction of mortality in cases of geriatric trauma.

METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study of records of 352 elderly trauma patients who were admitted to Pour-Sina Hospital in Rasht between 2010 and 2011. Injury scoring systems were compared in terms of specificity, sensitivity, and cut-off points using receiver operating characteristic curve of patient prognosis.

RESULTS: Mean age of patients was 71.5 years. Most common mechanism of injury was traffic accident (53.7%). Of the total, 13.9% of patients died. Mean ISS was higher for patients who did not survive. Mean of TRISS and RTS scores in elderly survivors was higher than non-survivors and difference in all 3 scores was statistically significant (p<0.001). Best cut-off points for predicting mortality in elderly trauma patients in RTS, ISS, and TRISS systems were ≤6, ≥13.5, and ≤2, with sensitivity of 99%, 84%, and 95% and specificity of 62%, 62%, and 72%, respectively.

CONCLUSION: TRISS was the strongest predictor of mortality in elderly trauma patients as result of combination of both anatomical and physiological parameters.

Language: en

LA - en SN - 1306-696X UR - http://dx.doi.org/ ID - ref1 ER -