Citation

Paar O, Kasperk R. Eur. J. Pediatr. Surg. 1992; 2(6): 345-347.

Affiliation

Surgical Clinic, Medical Institute of RWTH-Aachen.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, Georg Thieme Verlag)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1477061

Abstract

Accident-related injuries, mainly traffic-connected, are the most serious threat to health and most-frequent cause of death in the pediatric age group. Usually these are multi-system injuries. While the total number of accidents has decreased over the last 20 years, traffic accidents have become more serious. Conventional prognostic scores are not applicable in children with multiple injuries because of their essential pathophysiologic differences with adults. The Pediatric Trauma Score closes this gap. It is simple to use and provides high reliability.

Language: en