The impact of the AIS 2005 revision on injury severity scores and clinical outcome measures

Elaborating the Correlates of Firearm Injury Severity: Combining Criminological and Public Health Concerns

“…Finally, the abbreviated injury scale is not immune to criticism. The reliability of the measure has been questioned as scale score determinations may be influenced by the training of medical personnel (MacKenzie et al, 1985;Osler et al, 1999;Salottolo et al, 2009). Medical response and trauma characteristics were used in multivariate models to control for this variation.…”

“…The instrument is the most widely used scale among medical professionals to classify, summarize, and standardize the severity of incurred injury (Stevenson, Segui-Gomez, Lescohier, Scala, & McDonald-Smith, 2001). Damages to anatomical structures and body regions are clinically assessed with emphasis on dimensions of survivability, likelihood of permanent impairment, length of subsequent medical treatment, and the amount of external energy dissipated within one's body (MacKenzie et al, 1985;Salottolo, Settell, Uribe, et al, 2009). Based upon these criterions, an injury severity score is assigned ranging in value from one (minor) to six (maximal).…”

Injury profiles related to mortality in patients with a low Injury Severity Score

“…Several authors report that changing from AIS98 to AIS05 has significant impact on overall injury severity measures and results in lower AIS severity and ISS values. 35,36 Newer versions of the AIS have not yet been adopted in the Netherlands. However, it is unlikely that this has influenced the results of this study significantly, because the majority of the patients felt within the lowest ISS stratum.…”

Use of Severity Scoring and Stratification Factors in Clinical Trials of Hospital‐Acquired and Ventilator‐Associated Pneumonia

“…In trauma patients, we have standardized severity of injury scoring by Injury Severity Score, and a higher Injury Severity Score is associated with higher mortality risk [34]. For trauma patients enrolled in HAP and/or VAP trials, it is important to riskstratify them by overall Injury Severity Score and specifically stratify by degree of lung injury by thoracic abbreviated injury scale [35]. The presence of pulmonary contusion and abbreviated injury scale of 14 for thorax were significant independent predictors of pneumonia after injury [36].…”