Open AccessStudying morbidity and predicting mortality in patients with blunt chest trauma using a novel clinical score
Author(s) -
Priyadarshini Manay,
Rajeev R Satoskar,
VR Karthik,
Ram P Prajapati
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of emergencies, trauma and shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/jets.jets_131_16
Subject(s) - medicine , glasgow coma scale , injury severity score , mortality rate , blunt , observational study , mechanical ventilation , chest injury , blunt trauma , intensive care unit , emergency medicine , pneumonia , abbreviated injury scale , poison control , intensive care medicine , injury prevention , surgery
A departmental audit in March 2015 revealed significant mortality rate of 40% in blunt chest trauma patients (much greater than the global 25%). A study was thus planned to study morbidity and predictors of mortality in blunt chest trauma patients admitted to our hospital.