Citation

Ringdal KG, Hestnes M, Palmer CS. Scand. J. Trauma Resusc. Emerg. Med. 2012; 20(1): 11.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Scandinavian Networking Group on Trauma and Emergency Management, Publisher Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group - BMC)

DOI

10.1186/1757-7241-20-11

PMID

22301065

PMCID

PMC3352314

Abstract

The aim of this letter is to facilitate the standardization of Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) code-sets used to code injuries in trauma registries. We have compiled a definitive list of the changes which have been implemented between the AIS 2005 and Update 2008 versions. While the AIS 2008 code-set appears to have remained consistent since its release, we have identified discrepancies between the code-sets in copies of AIS 2005 dictionaries. As a result, we recommend that use of the AIS 2005 should be discontinued in favor of the Update 2008 version.

Language: en