Objective assessment of the trauma patient in a surgical intensive care unit.
A 6-month study using the Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System (TISS) to evaluate trauma patients admitted to a surgical intensive care unit showed a correlation between severity of illness and TISS score at the same time. The TISS is useful in the ICU, where numerous complex interventions are made in caring for acutely ill and injured patients.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003237:Connecticut; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000592:standards*; D008297:Male; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000601:surgery*