Severity of trauma victims admitted in intensive care units: comparative study among different indexes

Authors

  • Lilia de Souza Nogueira Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Regina Marcia Cardoso de Sousa Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Cristiane de Alencar Domingues Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692009000600017

Keywords:

intensive care units, wounds and injuries, trauma severity indices, severity of illness index, mortality

Abstract

This study compared the performance of the Injury Severity Score (ISS) with the New Injury Severity Score (NISS) and also the Simplified Acute Physiology Score II (SAPS II) with the Logistic Organ Dysfunction System (LODS) in trauma victims, in order to predict mortality and length of stay in Intensive Care Units (ICU), besides identifying which indexes have been the most effective to estimate these results. A retrospective analysis was done in the records of 185 victims admitted in ICU between June and December 2006. None of the four indexes properly discriminated the patients according to length of stay at the ICU. The ISS and the NISS did not show a good discriminating capacity in case of death, but the SAPS II and the LODS presented good performance to estimate mortality at the ICU. Results pointed towards the use of SAPS II and LODS when trauma victims are admitted in an ICU.

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Published

2009-12-01

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 6 (2009)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Nogueira, L. de S., Sousa, R. M. C. de, & Domingues, C. de A. (2009). Severity of trauma victims admitted in intensive care units: comparative study among different indexes. Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 17(6), 1037-1042. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692009000600017