title: [Scores as decision aids].
abstract: Scoring systems are nowadays said to be helpful in decision-making in preclinical and early clinical treatment of multiple trauma patients. To evaluate the importance of these scores in daily routine, we analysed the scores routinely used in our department at the Hannover Medical School. We present three scoring systems: the Polytrauma Score, the Pelvis Score, and the Hannover Fracture Scale. All of these have certain qualities relevant to the aspects of decision-making and prognostic value. The evaluation demonstrates that these scoring systems are genuinely helpful, especially for the inexperienced.
authors.affiliation: Unfallchirurgische Klinik, Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Regel
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Pape
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pohlemann
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Seekamp
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bosch
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tscherne
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000145:classification* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices
vernacular_title: Scores als Entscheidungshilfe.