[Scoring systems in emergency medicine?]
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1Medizinische Klinik I, Städtisches Krankenhaus Hildesheim.
Abstract:
The primary goals of scoring in emergency medicine are grading of the severity of the patient's condition, measurement of diagnostic and therapeutic efforts, forecasting the outcome, and support in decision making on triage and therapy. Scores can also be used as tools for measuring efficacy and controlling quality. There has been less experience with use of scoring systems to estimate quality of life. The ability to make a prognosis in an individual case is the most critical point; a score may support decisions on therapy in very specific situations only. Scores for use in emergency medicine should be based on physiological parameters, universally applicable and suitable for use throughout the course of diseases. Appropriate score systems are the Glasgow Coma Scale, the Rapid Acute Physiology Score, and the Mainz Emergency Evaluation Score, Trauma Score and Injury Severity Score. Scores suitable for estimation of quality of life following emergencies are the Glasgow Outcome Scale and the Glasgow-Pittsburgh Scale.
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