[Determination of the trauma severity level]. / Determinação do nível de gravidade do trauma.
Rev Saude Publica
; 29(5): 333-41, 1995 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-8731272
The severity of traumas in hospitalized patients was characterized by means of the Injury Severity Score (ISS) was studied prospectively. One hundred trauma patients hospitalized in a trauma referral health facility located in S. Paulo, Brazil, were analyzed. Of the total number of patients, 68 had blunt trauma and 32 penetrating trauma. As to ISS, it was discovered that 53.0% of the blunt trauma patients had mild trauma (ISS 1-15), 29.4% moderate trauma (ISS 16-24), and 17.6% showed severe trauma (ISS 25); 34.4% of the penetrating trauma patients had mild trauma, 18.7% moderate trauma and 46.9% severe trauma. The mean and standard deviations relating to the ISS of blut and penetrating trauma patients were, respectively, 14.9 +/- 8.1 and 20.8 +/- 11.0; the respective mortality rates were of 11.8% and 12.5%.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Ferimentos não Penetrantes
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Ferimentos Penetrantes
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
Pt
Revista:
Rev Saude Publica
Ano de publicação:
1995
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Brasil