Injury scoring systems can be used for triaging, predicting morbidity and mortality, and
prognosis in mass casualty incidents. Recent conflicts and civilian incidents have …

Objective Machine learning techniques have demonstrated superior discrimination
compared to conventional statistical approaches in predicting trauma death. The objective of …

Introduction For making reliable decisions, practitioners need to estimate uncertainties that
exist in data and decision models. In this paper we analyse uncertainties of predicting …

Trauma is a global health problem and a leading cause of mortality. One of the major
predictors of trauma mortality is the Injury Severity Score (ISS). Theoretically, as the ISS …

Background: National conversation has justifiably been concerned with firearm-related
deaths and much less attention has been paid to the consequences of surviving a firearm …

BACKGROUND: End-tidal carbon dioxide (Et co 2) is a valuable marker of the return of
adequate circulation after cardiac arrest due to medical causes. Previously, the prognostic …

Purpose: This is a descriptive study. It determined the annual, national incidence of head
injuries (traumatic brain injury, TBI) to adults and children in motor vehicle crashes. It …

Background Literature on diabetes insipidus (DI) after severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is
scarce. Some studies have reported varying frequencies of DI and have showed its …

Background Although loggers in Alaska are at high risk for occupational injury, no
comprehensive review of such injuries has been performed since the mid‐1990s. We …

Background Trauma is a significant cause of death and impairment. The Abbreviated Injury
Scale (AIS) differentiates the severity of trauma and is the basis for different trauma scores …