Open AccessPerformance validation of different trauma scoring systems among polytrauma patients having predominantly blunt abdominal trauma
Author(s) -
Moorat Singh Yadav,
Mukesh Nagar,
Ankur Joshi,
Abhay Gupta
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_377_20
Subject(s) - medicine , polytrauma , abdominal trauma , blunt , blunt trauma , injury severity score , emergency medicine , medical emergency , general surgery , surgery , poison control , injury prevention
Blunt abdominal trauma substantially contributes to mortality and morbidity in patients with polytrauma. Appropriate clinical assessment is important in setups lacking facilities of advanced diagnostics (abdominal computed tomography scans and ultrasonography) to decide if the patients' needs exceed the facilities available. This study aimed to assess the utility of the commonly used trauma scores in predicting the outcome (favorable or unfavorable) in patients with predominantly blunt abdominal trauma.