How to detect a polytrauma patient at risk of complications: A validation and database analysis of four published scales.

INTRODUCTION:Early accurate assessment of the clinical status of severely injured patients is crucial for guiding the surgical treatment strategy. Several scales are available to differentiate between risk categories. They vary between expert recommendations and scores developed on the basis of pati...

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Main Authors: Sascha Halvachizadeh, Larissa Baradaran, Paolo Cinelli, Roman Pfeifer, Kai Sprengel, Hans-Christoph Pape
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228082