title: Comparative outcomes of children and adults suffering blunt trauma.
abstract: In order to test the hypothesis that outcome from blunt traumatic injury is different for children and adults, a statistical method based on the TRISS Index was used to compare patient outcomes after blunt injury among three pediatric populations (N = 594 children: ages 0-3, ages 0-8, and ages 0-14) and an adult population (N = 7,809: ages 15-54 inclusive). There was no statistical difference in predicted outcome between these populations. Using a methodology that accounts for both anatomic injury description and physiologic response (TRISS), the survival probability function does not appear to be age dependent below 54 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, George Washington University Medical School, Washington, D.C.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Eichelberger
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Mangubat
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Sacco
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Bowman
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Lowenstein
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003128:Coma / Q000145:classification; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000145:classification; D004219:District of Columbia; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011336:Probability; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality