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Contemporary New Zealand coefficients for the Trauma Injury Severity Score: TRISS(NZ).
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19834523     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
AIMS: To develop local contemporary coefficients for the Trauma Injury Severity Score in New Zealand, TRISS(NZ), and to evaluate their performance at predicting survival against the original TRISS coefficients. METHODS: Retrospective cohort study of adults who sustained a serious traumatic injury, and who survived until presentation at Auckland City, Middlemore, Waikato, or North Shore Hospitals between 2002 and 2006. Coefficients were estimated using ordinary and multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression models. RESULTS: 1735 eligible patients were identified, 1672 (96%) injured from a blunt mechanism and 63 (4%) from a penetrating mechanism. For blunt mechanism trauma, 1250 (75%) were male and average age was 38 years (range: 15-94 years). TRISS information was available for 1565 patients of whom 204 (13%) died. Area under the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves was 0.901 (95%CI: 0.879-0.923) for the TRISS(NZ) model and 0.890 (95% CI: 0.866-0.913) for TRISS (P<0.001). Insufficient data were available to determine coefficients for penetrating mechanism TRISS(NZ) models. CONCLUSIONS: Both TRISS models accurately predicted survival for blunt mechanism trauma. However, TRISS(NZ) coefficients were statistically superior to TRISS coefficients. A strong case exists for replacing TRISS coefficients in the New Zealand benchmarking software with these updated TRISS(NZ) estimates.
Authors:
Philip J Schluter; Cate M Cameron; Tamzyn M Davey; Ian Civil; Jodie Orchard; Rangi Dansey; James Hamill; Helen Naylor; Carolyn James; Jenny Dorrian; Grant Christey; Cliff Pollard; Rod J McClure
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2009-09-11
Journal Detail:
Title:  The New Zealand medical journal     Volume:  122     ISSN:  1175-8716     ISO Abbreviation:  N. Z. Med. J.     Publication Date:  2009 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-10-16     Completed Date:  2009-11-03     Revised Date:  2010-10-22    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0401067     Medline TA:  N Z Med J     Country:  New Zealand    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  54-64     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
School of Public Health and Psychosocial Studies, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand. philip.schluter@aut.ac.nz
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
New Zealand / epidemiology
Predictive Value of Tests
Prospective Studies
ROC Curve
Survival Rate / trends
Trauma Severity Indices*
Wounds and Injuries / classification*,  diagnosis,  mortality
Young Adult

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