Derivation and validation of an easy-to-compute trauma score that improves prognostication of mortality or the Trauma Rating Index in Age, Glasgow Coma Scale, Respiratory rate and Systolic blood pressure (TRIAGES) score

Abstract Background Multiple trauma scores have been developed and validated, including the Revised Trauma Score (RTS) and the Mechanism, Glasgow Coma Scale, Age, and Arterial Pressure (MGAP) score. However, these scores are complex to calculate or have low prognostic abilities for trauma mortality....

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Main Authors: Atsushi Shiraishi, Yasuhiro Otomo, Shunsuke Yoshikawa, Koji Morishita, Ian Roberts, Hiroki Matsui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:Critical Care
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-019-2636-x