Many injury severity scoring tools have been developed over the past few decades. These
tools include the Injury Severity Score (ISS), New ISS (NISS), Trauma and Injury Severity …

Background Hypothermia, acidosis and coagulopathy have long been considered critical
combinations after severe injury. The aim of this review was to give a clinical update on this …

Introduction The recognition and management of hypovolemic shock still remain an
important task during initial trauma assessment. Recently, we have questioned the validity of …

Introduction Our aim in this study was to assess whether the new Glasgow Coma Scale,
Age, and Systolic Blood Pressure (GAP) scoring system, which is a modification of the …

Aims Return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) following cardiopulmonary resuscitation
from cardiac arrest (CA) depends on numerous variables. The aim of this study was to …

Background Since its introduction, the Revised Trauma Score (RTS) has been widely used
to determine the prognosis of trauma patients. Recent studies have revealed a need to …

Introduction The early aggressive management of the acute coagulopathy of trauma may
improve survival in the trauma population. However, the timely identification of lethal …

BACKGROUND: There is limited evidence to guide the recognition of patients with massive,
uncontrolled hemorrhage who require initiation of a massive transfusion (MT) protocol …

Background: Little information is available concerning the ability of prehospital triage scores
to predict endpoints other than mortality. Methods: We evaluated two cohorts (a national …

Background Early identification of major trauma may contribute to timely emergency care
and rapid transport to an appropriate health-care facility. Several prognostic trauma models …