BACKGROUND In this prospective study, the TRISS methodology is used to compare trauma care at a University Hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia, with the standards reported in the Major Trauma Outcome Study (MTOS). METHODS Between February 24, 1999, and July 1, 1999, all consecutive patients with multiple and severe trauma were included in the study (n = 105). Survival analysis was completed for 97...

BACKGROUND The Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS) has been criticized for being based on data from the USA and Canada-high-income countries-and therefore, it may not be applicable to low-income and middle-income countries. The present study evaluated the accuracy of three adjustments to the TRISS equation model (NTRISS-like; TRISS SpO2; NTRISS-like SpO2) in a high-income and a middle-inco...

Introduction: Trauma is a major health problem worldwide. Prediction of probability of survival in trauma patients is a basic requirement for evaluation of trauma care. Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS) is used for scoring injury severity and have been suggested as a measure of the quality of trauma care. Objective: The Objective of the study is to determine mortality, morbidity, hospita...

BACKGROUND Outcome after trauma depends on patient characteristics, quality of care, and random events. The TRISS model predicts probability of survival (Ps) adjusted for Injury Severity Score (ISS), Revised Trauma Score (RTS), mechanism of injury, and age. Quality of care is often evaluated by calculating the number of "excess" survivors, year by year. In contrast, the Variable Life-Adjusted D...

Validation of the probability of survival using the triss methodology in the Spanish Trauma ICU registry (RETRAUCI) M Chico-Fernández, M Sánchez-Casado, F Alberdi-Odriozola, F Guerrero-López, MD Mayor-García, J Egea-Guerrero, JF Fernández-Ortega, A Bueno-González, J González-Robledo, L Servià-Goixart, J Roldán-Ramírez, MÁ Ballesteros-Sanz, E Tejerina-Álvarez, JA Llompart-Pou, GT Trauma y Neuroi...

Objective: to discuss the clinical and therapeutic aspects of tracheobronchial lesions in victims of thoracic trauma. Methods: we analyzed the medical records of patients with tracheobronchial lesions treated at the São Paulo Holy Home from April 1991 to June 2008. We established patients' severity through physiological (RTS) and anatomical trauma indices (ISS, PTTI). We used TRISS (Trauma Re...

BACKGROUND Trauma, in addition to economic and social costs, is the fourth cause of death in the world and in the year 2000 alone, it led to the death of more than 6000000 people. In Iran, Trauma has the first burden of disease and also needs a long medical surveillance. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of trauma cases using the trauma score and the injury severity...

INTRODUCTION The appropriate strategy for trauma-induced coagulopathy management is under debate. We report the treatment of major trauma using mainly coagulation factor concentrates. METHODS This retrospective analysis included trauma patients who received >or= 5 units of red blood cell concentrate within 24 hours. Coagulation management was guided by thromboelastometry (ROTEM). Fibrinogen c...

OBJECTIVE to compare the frequency and the severity of diagnosed injuries between pedestrians struck by motor vehicles and victims of other blunt trauma mechanisms. METHODS retrospective analysis of data from the Trauma Registry, including adult blunt trauma patients admitted from 2008 to 2010. We reviewed the mechanism of trauma, vital signs on admission and the injuries identified. Severity...