Se Asian J Trop Med
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Se Asian J Trop Med · Mar 2004
Comparative StudyPrimary verification: is the TRISS appropriate for Thailand?
The Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS) is a well-accepted model used to evaluate the quality of trauma care in the US. This research aims to study whether TRISS can be applied to evaluate trauma care and classify outcomes of road traffic injury patients in Thailand. A retrospective study was used to review the Thailand's Injury Surveillance System database from the 1st January to the 31st of December 1996. ⋯ The MTOS and Thai road traffic injuries had different distributions for various factors such as the Revised Trauma Score (RTS), Injury Severity Score (ISS), and ages which effect injury survival. Due to these factors the distribution of survival probability between MTOS and Thai road traffic injuries was also significantly different. By applying TRISS, the survival prediction of Thai road traffic injuries resulted in a high number of false positives.