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ArticleBurns & trauma2017

Comparison of ISS, NISS, and RTS score as predictor of mortality in pediatric fall.

Kapil Dev Soni, Santosh Mahindrakar, Amit Gupta, Subodh Kumar, Sushma Sagar, Ashish Jhakal

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Article in Burns & trauma, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06744985 (Mortality Prediction in Multiple Trauma Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers.

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NCT06744985 recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Mortality Prediction in Multiple Trauma Patients: A Comparison of the Revised Trauma Score and MGAP Score at a Trauma Center

TypeobservationalSponsorAl-Nahrain UniversityRan2025 to 2026Enrolled200ConditionsMultiple Trauma/Injuries
3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Use of the Braden Scale to Predict Injury Severity in Mass Burn Casualties.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2022
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  7. Undertriage of major trauma patients at a university hospital: a retrospective cohort study.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2018
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Authors and funding

6 authors.

Kapil Dev Soni *Department of Trauma Surgery and Critical Care, Jai Prakash Narayan Trauma Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
Santosh Mahindrakar *Department of Trauma Surgery and Critical Care, Jai Prakash Narayan Trauma Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
Amit GuptaDepartment of Trauma Surgery and Critical Care, Jai Prakash Narayan Trauma Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.ORCID 0000-0001-8912-0647
Subodh KumarDepartment of Trauma Surgery and Critical Care, Jai Prakash Narayan Trauma Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
Sushma SagarDepartment of Trauma Surgery and Critical Care, Jai Prakash Narayan Trauma Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
Ashish JhakalDepartment of Trauma Surgery and Critical Care, Jai Prakash Narayan Trauma Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundStudies to identify an ideal trauma score tool representing prediction of outcomes of the pediatric fall patient remains elusive. Our study was undertaken to identify better predictor of mortality in the pediatric fall patients.

methodsData was retrieved from prospectively maintained trauma registry project at level 1 trauma center developed as part of Multicentric Project-Towards Improving Trauma Care Outcomes (TITCO) in India. Single center data retrieved from a prospectively maintained trauma registry at a level 1 trauma center, New Delhi, for a period ranging from 1 October 2013 to 17 February 2015 was evaluated. Standard anatomic scores Injury Severity Score (ISS) and New Injury Severity Score (NISS) were compared with physiologic score Revised Trauma Score (RTS) using receiver operating curve (ROC).

resultsHeart rate and RTS had a statistical difference among the survivors to nonsurvivors. ISS, NISS, and RTS were having 50, 50, and 86% of area under the curve on ROCs, and RTS was statistically significant among them.

conclusionsPhysiologically based trauma score systems (RTS) are much better predictors of inhospital mortality in comparison to anatomical based scoring systems (ISS and NISS) for unintentional pediatric falls.

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ISSNISSPediatric fallRTSTrauma score system

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PMID28795055
PMCPMC5547492

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