An assessment of the validity of the injury severity score when applied to gunshot wounds.

Injury ·Vol. 15 ·No. 1 ·1983-07-00 ·Pages 19-22

Beverland DE, Rutherford WH

Abstract

Injury Severity Scores were calculated for the injuries of 875 patients suffering from gunshot wounds. These scores were plotted against mortality. Increasing ISS is associated with increasing mortality, but the relationship is not linear.

MeSH Terms

Abdominal Injuries/mortality Adult Aged Craniocerebral Trauma/mortality Female Humans Male Middle Aged Thoracic Injuries/mortality Unconsciousness/mortality Wounds, Gunshot/classification,mortality

Authors & Affiliations

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Beverland D E

Rutherford W H

Article Info

Journal

Injury

Abbr.

Injury

ISSN

0020-1383

DOI

10.1016/0020-1383(83)90156-0

Published

1983-07-00

Pages

19-22

Language

English

Region

Netherlands

NLM ID

0226040

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1016/0020-1383(83)90156-0 View journal details

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