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Use of the Injury Severity Score (ISS) in a Pediatric Population

David E. Wesson, J. I. Williams, Linda J. Spence, Robert M. Filler, Peter F. Armstrong

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We are conducting a prospective study to test the validity of the Injury Severity Score (ISS) in a group of 250 children with major trauma (one severe injury AIS ≥ 4 or two or more moderate injuries - AIS ≥ 2). The ISS was compared to mortality and functional status by the Rand Health Insurance Study (HIS) measures at discharge and 6 months post injury. The predictive validity of the ISS was found to be good. The mean ISS was 40 in the non-survivors and 22 in the survivors (p

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We are conducting a prospective study to test the validity of the Injury Severity Score (ISS) in a group of 250 children with major trauma (one severe injury AIS ≥ 4 or two or more moderate injuries - AIS ≥ 2). The ISS was compared to mortality and functional status by the Rand Health Insurance Study (HIS) measures at discharge and 6 months post injury. The predictive validity of the ISS was found to be good. The mean ISS was 40 in the non-survivors and 22 in the survivors (p

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We are conducting a prospective study to test the validity of the Injury Severity Score (ISS) in a group of 250 children with major trauma (one severe injury AIS ≥ 4 or two or more moderate injuries - AIS ≥ 2). The ISS was compared to mortality and functional status by the Rand Health Insurance Study (HIS) measures at discharge and 6 months post injury. The predictive validity of the ISS was found to be good. The mean ISS was 40 in the non-survivors and 22 in the survivors (p

Key concepts: Injury Severity Score, Medicine, Abbreviated Injury Scale, Injury prevention, Poison control, Occupational safety and health, Prospective cohort study, Physical therapy

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