Validation of chest trauma scoring systems in polytrauma: a retrospective study with 1,038 patients in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Appropriate scoring systems can help classify and treat polytrauma patients. This study aimed to validate chest trauma scoring systems in polytrauma patients.

Methods

Data from 1,038 polytrauma patients were analyzed. The primary outcomes were one or more complications: pneumonia, chest complications requiring surgery, and mortality. The Thoracic Trauma Severity Score (TTSS), Chest Trauma Score, Rib Fracture Score, and RibScore were compared using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis in patients with or without head trauma.

Results

In total, 1,038 patients were divided into two groups: those with complications (822 patients, 79.2%) and those with no complications (216 patients, 20.8%). Sex and body mass index did not significantly differ between th

SUBMITTER: Kim H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11309224 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature