title: [Evaluation of biological disability in patients after multiple injuries].
abstract: The aim of the study was the evaluation of biological disability of patients with multiple injuries in the aspect of the degree of disability. The study group comprised 521 patients treated effectively in the years 1994-1998 whose degree of injuries amounted to at least 18 scores in the Injury Severity Score (ISS). The prospective and partial retrospective study in the period of two to seven years included 367 (70.4%) patients. Their degree of biological disability was determined, also in the group below 30 ISS score and above 30 ISS score. In the 5-year period 51.5% of patients were assessed as biological disable. Severe trauma patients obtained the greater percentage of disability. The highest amount of patients was observed with a mild degree of disability.
authors.affiliation: II Katedra Chirurgii Ogólnej Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, 31-501 Kraków, ul. Kopernika 21.
authors.forename: Waldemar
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hładki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000150:complications; D011044:Poland; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies