Injury Severity Score

"Injury Severity Score" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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An anatomic severity scale based on the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) and developed specifically to score multiple traumatic injuries. It has been used as a predictor of mortality.

Descriptor ID

D015601

MeSH Number(s)

E05.318.308.940.968.875.500

E05.944.600

L01.280.900.968.875.500

N04.452.859.564.800.500

N05.715.360.300.715.500.800.400

Concept/Terms

Injury Severity Score

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Injury Severity Score".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]
Data Collection [E05.318.308]
Records as Topic [E05.318.308.940]
Medical Records [E05.318.308.940.968]
Trauma Severity Indices [E05.318.308.940.968.875]
Injury Severity Score [E05.318.308.940.968.875.500]
Trauma Severity Indices [E05.944]
Injury Severity Score [E05.944.600]
Information Science [L]
Information Science [L01]
Data Collection [L01.280]
Records as Topic [L01.280.900]
Medical Records [L01.280.900.968]
Trauma Severity Indices [L01.280.900.968.875]
Injury Severity Score [L01.280.900.968.875.500]
Health Care [N]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Organization and Administration [N04.452]
Records as Topic [N04.452.859]
Medical Records [N04.452.859.564]
Trauma Severity Indices [N04.452.859.564.800]
Injury Severity Score [N04.452.859.564.800.500]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms [N05.715.360]
Data Collection [N05.715.360.300]
Records as Topic [N05.715.360.300.715]
Medical Records [N05.715.360.300.715.500]
Trauma Severity Indices [N05.715.360.300.715.500.800]
Injury Severity Score [N05.715.360.300.715.500.800.400]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Injury Severity Score".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Injury Severity Score".

publications

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Injury Severity Score" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Injury Severity Score" was a major or minor topic of these publication.

Bar chart showing 671 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 48 publications in 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1994	0	2	2
1995	1	1	2
1996	1	7	8
1997	1	4	5
1998	0	10	10
1999	0	12	12
2000	0	13	13
2001	2	16	18
2002	0	17	17
2003	0	10	10
2004	0	23	23
2005	1	19	20
2006	3	12	15
2007	1	21	22
2008	2	20	22
2009	0	23	23
2010	0	26	26
2011	0	25	25
2012	1	29	30
2013	0	31	31
2014	1	35	36
2015	3	41	44
2016	1	26	27
2017	1	37	38
2018	2	38	40
2019	1	47	48
2020	2	40	42
2021	0	38	38
2022	0	12	12
2023	0	12	12

Below are the most recent publications written about "Injury Severity Score" by people in Profiles.

Characterizing re-triage guidelines: A scoping review of states' rules and regulations. Surgery. 2024 02; 175(2):522-528.

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Timing matters: Early versus late rib fixation in patients with multiple rib fractures and pulmonary contusion. Surgery. 2024 02; 175(2):529-535.

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Optimizing Mass Casualty Triage: Using Discrete Event Simulation to Minimize Time to Resuscitation. J Am Coll Surg. 2024 Jan 01; 238(1):41-53.

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Letter to the editor: Time to reconsider the use of Shock Index, Pediatric Adjusted in young children? Mounting evidence suggests that alternative shock indices can more accurately triage injured children. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 Mar 01; 96(3):e22-e24.

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Timing of regional analgesia in elderly patients with blunt chest-wall injury. Surgery. 2023 10; 174(4):901-906.

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Loss of independence after traumatic injury: A patient-centered study. Surgery. 2023 10; 174(4):1021-1025.

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External Ventricular Drains versus Intraparenchymal Pressure Monitors in the Management of Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Experience at Two Academic Centers over a Decade. World Neurosurg. 2023 Oct; 178:e221-e229.

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Grade V renal trauma management: results from the multi-institutional genito-urinary trauma study. World J Urol. 2023 Jul; 41(7):1983-1989.

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Crystalloid volume is associated with short-term morbidity in children with severe traumatic brain injury: An Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter trial post hoc analysis. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 07 01; 95(1):78-86.

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Contemporary management and outcomes of penetrating colon injuries: Validation of the 2020 AAST Colon Organ Injury Scale. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2023 08 01; 95(2):213-219.

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