ContextCompensation, whether through workers' compensation or through litigation, has
been associated with poor outcome after surgery; however, this association has not been …

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 …

Introduction Multiple injured patients, polytrauma or severely injured patients are terms used
as synonyms in international literature describing injured patients with a high risk of mortality …

Major trauma is commonly defined using an Injury Severity Score (ISS) threshold of 15.
Since this threshold was formulated, there have been significant developments in both the …

Abstract Background In 1999, an Utstein Template for Uniform Reporting of Data following
Major Trauma was published. Few papers have since been published based on that …

Aim. Trauma, in geriatric patients, increases with age, and is a leading cause of disability
and institutionalization, resulting in morbidity and mortality. The aim of our study was to …

Background: Description of the anatomical severity of injuries in trauma patients is important.
While the Injury Severity Score has been regarded as the “gold standard” since its creation …

Background: There is a known connection between physical injury and disability and
emotional distress. Several investigators have shown a relationship between trauma …

Background: The assessment of outcome after multiple injuries in a rehabilitation
perspective is increasingly important in trauma research. The purpose of this study was to …

Background: Management strategies for blunt solid viscus injuries often include blood
transfusion. However, transfusion has previously been identified as an independent …