ReviewArchives of academic emergency medicine2019
A Comparison between the Ability of Revised Trauma Score and Kampala Trauma Score in Predicting Mortality; a Meta-Analysis.
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Prospective Validation of the New Trauma Score (NTS) for Superior Prediction of Mortality Compared to the Revised Trauma Score
Who cites it
24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.
- Performance of trauma scoring systems in predicting mortality in geriatric trauma patients: comparison of the ISS, TRISS, and GTOS based on a systemic review and meta-analysis.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2024Pooled it
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- Evaluating trauma burden and predictive value of reverse shock index Glasgow Coma scale (rSIG) in need for early transfusion and mortality: The largest prospective study from India.Turkish journal of surgery · 2026Article
- Predicting mortality in adults hospitalized with multiple trauma: Can the BIG score estimate risk?Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2025Observational
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- Comparing NEWS2, TRISS, and RTS in predicting mortality rate in trauma patients based on prehospital data set: a diagnostic study.BMC emergency medicine · 2024Article
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- New Trauma Score versus Kampala Trauma Score II in predicting mortality following road traffic crash: a prospective multi-center cohort study.BMC emergency medicine · 2024Article
- Injury characteristics and mortality in an emergency department in Ethiopia: a single-center observational study.BMC emergency medicine · 2024Observational
- The predictive value of the Kampala Trauma Score (KTS) in the outcome of multi-traumatic patients compared to the estimated Injury Severity Score (eISS).BMC emergency medicine · 2024Article
- Comparison of nine trauma scoring systems in prediction of inhospital outcomes of pediatric trauma patients: a multicenter study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Incidence and predictors of mortality among road traffic accident victims admitted to hospitals at Hawassa city, Ethiopia.PloS one · 2024Article
- Trends in Neurotrauma Epidemiology, Management, and Outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Kigali, Rwanda.Journal of neurotrauma · 2023Article
- Back to the basics: Clinical assessment yields robust mortality prediction and increased feasibility in low resource settings.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Injury characteristics and their association with clinical complications among emergency care patients in Tanzania.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2022Article
- Glasgow Coma Scale Versus Physiologic Scoring Systems in Predicting the Outcome of ICU admitted Trauma Patients; a Diagnostic Accuracy Study.Archives of academic emergency medicine · 2022Article
- Fatal and nonfatal firearm injuries in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: a hospital-based retrospective descriptive cohort study assessing correlates of adult mortality.BMC emergency medicine · 2021Article
- Elderly trauma mortality in a resource-limited setting: A benchmark for process improvement.Injury · 2021Article
- Spectral analysis of heart rate variability for trauma outcome prediction: an analysis of 210 ICU multiple trauma patients.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionDescribing injury severity in trauma patients is vital. In some recent articles the Revised Trauma Score (RTS) and Kampala Trauma Score (KTS) have been suggested as easily performed and feasible triage tools which can be used in resource-limited settings. The present meta-analysis was performed to evaluate and compare the accuracy of the RTS and KTS in predicting mortality in low-and middle income countries (LMICs).
methodsTwo investigators searched the Web of Science, Embase, and Medline databases and the articles which their exact number of true-positive, true-negative, false-positive, and false-negative results could be extracted were selected. Sensitivity and subgroup analysis were performed using Stata software version 14 to determine the factor(s) affecting the accuracy of the RTS and KTS in predicting mortality and source(s) of heterogeneity.
resultsThe heterogeneity was high (I2 > 80%) among 11 relevant studies (total n = 20,631). While the sensitivity of the KTS (0.88) was slightly higher than RTS (0.82), the specificity, diagnostic odds ratio, negative likelihood ratio, and positive likelihood ratio of the KTS (0.73, 20, 0.16, 3.30, respectively) were lower than those of the RTS (0.91, 45, 0.20, 8.90, respectively). The area under the summary-receiver operator characteristic curve for KTS and RTS was 0.88 and 0.93, respectively.
conclusionHowever, regarding accuracy and performance, RTS was better than KTS for distinguishing between mortality and survival; both of them are beneficial trauma scoring tools which can be used in LMICs. Further studies are required to specify the appropriate choice of the RTS or KTS regarding the type of injury and different conditions of the patient.
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