The quest for a universal definition of polytrauma: A trauma registry-based validation study

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Butcher, Nerida
D'Este, Catherine
Balogh, Zsolt

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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BACKGROUND: A pilot validation recommended defining polytrauma as patients with an Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) score greater than 2 in at least two Injury Severity Score (ISS) body regions (2 × AIS score > 2). This study aimed to validate this definit

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The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

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2037-12-31