An Anatomical Index in Blunt Trauma
Abstract
The case histories of 2,135 patients with acute blunt trauma, consecutively admitted to a hospital over a 48-month period, were studied in attempt to produce an objective scale for the severity of injury. All injuries were coded using the Hospital Adaptation of International Classification of Disease (H-ICDA) prior to computer analysis. An 'effective' probability of survival (PE) for each injury code was tested for its ability to predict outcome on random subsets of patients. When used as an injury 'score' the PE can predict survival rates to within + or - with individual misclassification rates of 12%.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADA034456
Entities
People
- Howard R. Champion
- J. Nolan
- Mark Stega
- William J. Sacco
- William P. Ashman