Abstract
Background: Injury is a common surgical emergency causing serious burden for patients and the society. Accurate diagnosis and prognosis of trauma patients are helpful in the treatment of these patients. Objectives: To apply ISS and RTS for the evaluation of the severity of trauma patients admitted Emergency room of Surgery Department, Bach Mai Hospital. Subjects and methods: A retrospective study on 194 trauma patients treated at the Emergency room of the Surgery Department, Bach Mai Hospital from 8/2015 to 12/2016. Results: There were total 194 patients, 131 males (67.5%), 63 females (32.5%). The average age was 41.7±18.7. Median RTS score was 7.84 in 96.6% of the patients with corresponding survival probability was 0.988. There was 114 minor case (59.7%), 59 moderate case (30.9%), 16 severe case (8.4%), 2 critical case (1.1%) and 0 unsurvivable case based on the ISS classification. There was no significant difference in ISS between preservation and surgical group. Conclusion: Most of our patients was mild and moderate. Severity scores such as RTS and ISS were useful in these patients. Key words: Injury, ISS, RTS, preservation, surgery
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