The New Injury Severity Score: A More Accurate Predictor of In-Hospital Mortality than the Injury Severity Score

Lavoie, Andr??; Moore, Lynne; LeSage, Natalie; Liberman, Moïshe; S. Sampalis, John

doi:10.1097/01.ta.0000075342.36072.ef

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The New Injury Severity Score: A More Accurate Predictor of In-Hospital Mortality than the Injury Severity Score

Published in The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care • Jun 1, 2004

Authors:

Andr?? Lavoie

Lynne Moore

Natalie LeSage

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether the New Injury Severity Score (NISS) is a better predictor of mortality than the Injury Severity Score (ISS) in general and in subgroups according to age, penetrating trauma, and body region injured. METHODS: The study population consiste...

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Medicine

Receiver operating characteristic

Injury Severity Score

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