Impact of the version of the abbreviated injury scale on injury severity characterization and quality assessment of trauma care
BACKGROUND: The Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) was updated in 2008 (AIS 2008). We aimed to investigate the impact of AIS 2008 on the characterization of injury severity and quality assessment of trauma care. METHODS: We identified all blunt trauma patients in the Japan Trauma Data Bank. First, we co...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38784 |