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[Instruments for quality control in management of severely injured patients]
G Serafini1, P M Lenzlinger, A Gattiker
1Departement Chirurgie, Universitätsspital Zürich.
Swiss Surgery = Schweizer Chirurgie = Chirurgie Suisse = Chirurgia Svizzera
|September 1, 2000
Abstract:
This article describes the most important scoring systems in trauma care and their application to quality control. Development and contents of the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS), Injury Severity Score (ISS), Trauma Score (TS), Revised Trauma Score (RTS) and of the TRISS-method are described. The advantages and the limitations of the mentioned scoring systems are discussed critically.