Abstract

DORADO LAMBERT, Aracelis  and  REVILLA MONTERO, Jorge. Evaluación pronóstica del politraumatismo según la escala de trauma revisada. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 2000, vol.72, n.3, pp. 165-169. ISSN 1561-3119.

The Revised Trauma Score was used for all patients that were admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the Southern Teaching Pediatric Hospital in Santiago de Cuba from January to December 1998. Those patients who scored less than 4 points in the evaluation showed a mortalaity rate of 75%; 100% of survivors had sequelae and 50% showed some complications during their recovery. In the group of children with scores over 6 points, died, and only 7.4% had sequelae. Children who scored 5-6 held an intermediate position between the two previous groups. On the basis of these results, the use of this scale was considered to be very useful, so it is recommended to extend its application to the rest of the units.

Keywords : WOUNDS AND INJURIES [mortality]; WOUNDS AND INJURIES [complications]; PROGNOSIS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; CHILD; GLASGOW COMA SCALE.

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