A comparison of scoring systems for predicting short- and long-term survival after trauma in older adults.

CONCLUSIONS: Older, injured, adults transported by EMS to a large variety of trauma and non-trauma hospitals were more likely to die within 30 days if they required emergent airway management or have a higher comorbidity burden. When compared to other risk measures and holding sensitivity constant near 90%, the GTRI had higher specificity, despite a lower AUROC. Using GTOS II or the GTRI may better identify high-risk older adults than traditional scores, such as ISS, but identification of an ideal prognostic tool remains elusive. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. PMID: 30884022 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Accident and Emergency Nursing - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Acad Emerg Med Source Type: research