trauma severity indices

Preferred Label : trauma severity indices;

MeSH definition : Systems for assessing, classifying, and coding injuries. These systems are used in medical records, surveillance systems, and state and national registries to aid in the collection and reporting of trauma.;

MeSH synonym : severity index, trauma; severity indexes, trauma; trauma severity index; index, trauma severity; indices, trauma severity; severity indices, trauma; trauma severity indexes; indexes, trauma severity;

MeSH annotation : no qualif; do not confuse with TRIAGE, emerg selection of patients by priority of need; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX is also available; do not confuse with TRIAGE, emergency selection of patients by priority of need; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX is also available;

Details

Origin ID

D015599;

UMLS CUI

C0040787;

Metaterm(s)
- traumatology [CISMeF Metaterm]
Record concept(s)
- trauma severity indices [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- severity of illness index [MeSH Descriptor]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- asia score [SYNODOS term]
Semantic type(s)
- Intellectual Product [UMLS semantic type]

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