The reliability of the ICD-AIS map in identifying serious road traffic injuries from the Helsinki Trauma Registry

To monitor and reduce serious road traffic injuries, the EU has recommended that its member countries compile statistics on the number of serious road traffic injuries according to a common definition known as MAIS 3+ (1). MAIS 3+ is based on the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS ©) (2), which is a widely accepted injury severity rating method developed by the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM). The ideal use of AIS classification is to conduct the injury severity rating by a trained expert on the basis of the full medical records of a patient.

Source: Injury - July 23, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Noora K. Airaksinen, Mikko T. Hein änen, Lauri E. Handolin Source Type: research