From: Calculating trauma triage precision: effects of different definitions of major trauma
Definition of major trauma | Number of major trauma patients (% of total population) | Perceived undertriage (%) with 95% CI | Perceived overtriage (%) with 95% CI |
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ISS Traditional | 470 (34.0) | 23.4 (19.6 – 27.2) | 66.9 (64.1 – 69.7) |
ISS Extended | 515 (37.2) | 22.9 (19.3 – 26.5) | 63.5 (60.7 – 66.4) |
ISS Extensive | 539 (38.9) | 23.6 (20.0 – 27.1) | 62.2 (59.3 – 65.0) |
NISS Traditional | 585 (42.3) | 28.4 (24.7 – 32.0) | 61.5 (58.6 – 64.4) |
NISS Extended | 629 (45.4) | 27.7 (24.2 – 31.2) | 58.2 (55.3 – 61.1) |
NISS Extensive | 641 (46.3) | 27.8 (24.3 – 31.2) | 57.5 (54.5 – 60.4) |
Extended | 132 (9.5) | 12.9 (7.2 – 18.6) | 89.4 (87.6 – 91.3) |
Extensive | 313 (22.6) | 15.3 (11.3 – 19.3) | 75.7 (73.1 – 78.2) |