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Table 7 Victorian major trauma criteria met using AIS98 and (mapped) AIS08.

From: Assessment of the effects and limitations of the 1998 to 2008 Abbreviated Injury Scale map using a large population-based dataset

 

Criteria met using AIS98

(Projected) criteria met

using AIS08

Patientsa

Incidence

Patients

Incidence

ISS >15 only

6204

40.1%

3528

27.5%

Both ISS >15 and other criteria

6615

42.8%

5410

42.3%

Non-ISS criteria only

2652

17.1%

3857

30.1%

Total major trauma patients

15471

100.0%

12795

100.0%

Projected decrease using

AIS08 (95% CI)

17.3% (16.7-17.9%)

Total ISS >15 patients

12819

82.3%

8938

69.9%

Projected decrease using

AIS08 (95% CI)

30.3% (29.5-31.1%)*

  1. * = Estimate includes 276 patients for whom an ISS could not be calculated in AIS08