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ASSESSMENT OF THE SURVIVORS OF MAJOR TRAUMA ACCIDENTS
Author(s) -
Horne Geoffrey,
Schemitsch Emil
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1989.tb01612.x
Subject(s) - medicine , glasgow outcome scale , outcome (game theory) , injury severity score , glasgow coma scale , abbreviated injury scale , injury prevention , emergency medicine , poison control , surgery , mathematics , mathematical economics
Little has been written on the outcome of the survivors of major trauma accidents. The glasgow outcome scale has been used to assess outcome following neurotrauma. This study of 90 patients reviewed at an average of 3.2 years post‐injury used a modified form of the glasgow outcome scale expanded to include all abbreviated injury score body areas. The average injury severity score was 23.3. The majority of patients had a satisfactory outcome.