Injury
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Multicenter Study
The Injury Severity Score or the New Injury Severity Score for predicting intensive care unit admission and hospital length of stay?
To compare the New Injury Severity Score (NISS) and the Injury Severity Score (ISS) as predictors of intensive care unit (ICU) admission and hospital length of stay (LOS) in an urban North American trauma population and in a subset of patients with head injuries. ⋯ The NISS is a better choice for case mix control in trauma research than the ISS for predicting ICU admission and LOS, particularly among patients with moderate to severe head injuries.