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.

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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 N04.452.859.564.800.500 N05.715.360.300.715.500.800.400
Concept/Terms	Injury Severity Score Injury Severity Score Injury Severity Scores Score, Injury Severity Scores, Injury Severity ISS 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]
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".

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Bar chart showing 181 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2017 and 2018

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	2	1	3
1996	0	5	5
1997	0	3	3
1998	0	2	2
1999	0	4	4
2000	0	2	2
2001	1	5	6
2002	0	8	8
2003	0	5	5
2004	0	2	2
2005	1	7	8
2006	1	4	5
2007	3	6	9
2008	0	10	10
2009	0	6	6
2010	0	4	4
2011	0	5	5
2012	0	7	7
2013	0	10	10
2014	1	8	9
2015	0	8	8
2016	1	8	9
2017	1	10	11
2018	0	11	11
2019	1	8	9
2020	0	10	10
2021	0	2	2
2022	0	5	5
2023	0	1	1
2024	0	1	1
2025	0	1	1

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

Ross DE, Ghodasara SK, Roskam JS, Gaccione AG, DiFazio LT, Bilaniuk JW, Nemeth ZH. Motorcycle and Equestrian Trauma: An ACS TQIP Comparative Study. J Trauma Nurs. 2025 Jan-Feb 01; 32(1):15-22.

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Hatchimonji JS, Meredyth NA, Gummadi S, Kaufman EJ, Yelon JA, Cannon JW, Martin ND, Seamon MJ. The role of emergency department thoracotomy in patients with cranial gunshot wounds. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 Aug 01; 97(2):220-224.

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Pokrzywa CJ, Al Tannir AH, Sparapani R, Rabas MS, Holena D, Murphy PB, Creutzfeldt CJ, Somberg L, Nattinger A, Morris RS. The Variation of Withdrawal of Life Sustaining Therapy in Older Adults With Traumatic Brain Injury. J Surg Res. 2023 11; 291:34-42.

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Badach JM, Platoff R, Rattigan D, Butts CA, Shea L, Gaughan JP, Hunter K, Sifri Z, Porter J, Egodage T. Trauma Incidence During the New Jersey COVID-19 Stay-At-Home Order: A Multicenter Study. J Surg Res. 2023 Apr; 284:264-268.

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Flynn-O'Brien KT, Collings AT, Farazi M, Fallat ME, Minneci PC, Speck KE, Van Arendonk K, Deans KJ, Falcone RA, Foley DS, Fraser JD, Gadepalli S, Keller MS, Kotagal M, Landman MP, Leys CM, Markel TA, Rubalcava N, St Peter SD, Sato TT. Pediatric Injury Transfer Patterns During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Interrupted time Series Analysis. J Surg Res. 2023 Jan; 281:130-142.

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Appelbaum RD, Esposito E, Spaulding MC, Simpson JP, Dunn J, Zier LB, Burruss S, Kim PP, Jacobson LE, Williams JM, Nahmias J, Grigorian A, Harmon L, Gergen AK, Chatoor M, Rattan R, Young AJ, Pascual JL, Murry J, Ong AW, Muller A, Sandhu RS, Bugaev N, Tatar A, Zreik K, Lieser MJ, Stein DM, Scalea TM, Lauerman MH. Does treatment delay for blunt cerebrovascular injury affect stroke rate?: An EAST multicenter study. Injury. 2022 Nov; 53(11):3702-3708.

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Schellenberg M, Docherty S, Owattanapanich N, Emigh B, Lutterman P, Karavites L, Switzer E, Wiepking M, Chudnofsky C, Inaba K. Emergency physician and nurse discretion accurately triage high-risk trauma patients. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2023 Feb; 49(1):273-279.

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Hornor MA, Xiong A, Imran JB, Jacovides CL, Hatchimonji J, Scantling D, Kaufman E, Cannon JW, Holena DN. Operative trauma volume is not related to risk-adjusted mortality rates among Pennsylvania trauma centers. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2022 12 01; 93(6):786-792.

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Soliman SS, Gaccione AG, Bilaniuk JW, Adams JM, DiFazio LT, Hakakian D, Kong K, Rolandelli RH, Nemeth ZH. The impact of gender on clinical outcomes after sustaining a pelvic fracture. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2023 Jan; 33(1):177-183.

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Morris RS, Karam BS, Murphy PB, Jenkins P, Milia DJ, Hemmila MR, Haines KL, Puzio TJ, de Moya MA, Tignanelli CJ. Field-Triage, Hospital-Triage and Triage-Assessment: A Literature Review of the Current Phases of Adult Trauma Triage. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2021 06 01; 90(6):e138-e145.

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