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The injury severity scores can estimate the prognosis and risk of complications after a trauma. They serve as important adjuncts in triage, patient care, and research. Furthermore, they can be used for evaluation of hospital resource utilization and cost-effectiveness studies in trauma. They consist of complex mathematical equations in which variable qualitative and quantitative data are standardized and transformed into a single value, which represents the clinical conditions and prognosis of the patient shortly after injury.
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Brunello, L.F.S., Abreu, P., Schulz, G.J., Saavedra Tomasich, F., Meizoso, J., Ginzburg, E. (2020). Injury Severity Scoring. In: Nasr, A., Saavedra Tomasich, F., Collaço, I., Abreu, P., Namias, N., Marttos, A. (eds) The Trauma Golden Hour. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26443-7_4
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