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Abbreviated Injury Scale

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The Abbreviated Injury Scale has no synonyms. It is commonly known by its acronym (AIS), however, with versions noted by year, for example, AIS 2005

Definition

Injury Severity Scoring

Injury severity scoring systems are used to measure the impact of injury both in terms of physical damage and of response of the body to that damage. Anatomic scores describe the force applied to the body and indicate site of injury and extent of damage. Physiologic scores (discussed elsewhere) attempt to summarize the body’s response to injury (e.g., changes in blood pressure, respiratory rate, and responsiveness).

Injury severity scores are used to characterize injury severity and predict patient outcome; to aid health-care personnel in making triage and patient management decisions; in objective assessment of prehospital, trauma center, and trauma system care; and in clinical research, quality assurance/improvement, and resource allocation. Anatomic scores are used to compare injuries for the...

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References

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  2. Expert Group on Injury Severity Measurement. Discussion document on injury severity measurement in administrative datasets. May 5, 2005. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/injury/DicussionDocu.pdf. Accessed 17 Mar 2010

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  4. Gennarelli TA, Wodzin E (2006) AIS 2005: A contemporary injury scale. Injury 37:1083–1091

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  1. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 954 Melvin Road, 21403, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Prof. Howard R. Champion FRCS (Edin) FACS

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  1. Prof. Howard R. Champion FRCS (Edin) FACS
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  1. Head Dept of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital (Free University of Brussels), Route de Lennik 808, 1070, Brussels, Belgium

    Jean-Louis Vincent

  2. University of Chicago Medical Center, 5841 S. Maryland Ave., MC 6076, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA

    Jesse B. Hall

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Champion, H.R. (2012). Abbreviated Injury Scale. In: Vincent, JL., Hall, J.B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Intensive Care Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00418-6_355

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