Gong et al reported a score for predicting in-hospital mortality for a patient with traumatic spinal cord injury. The authors are from Xi'an Jiaotong University in Xi'an, China.
Patient selection: acute traumatic spinal cord injury
Parameter:
(1) cervical spinal cord injury
(2) abdominal visceral injury
(3) ASIA (American Spinal Injury Association) Impairment Scale (AIS) on admission
(4) surgery
Parameter
Finding
Points
cervical spinal cord injury
no
0
yes
1
abdominal visceral injury
no
0
yes
3
ASIA Impairment Scale
A
3
B
1
C
0
D
0
surgery
no
1
yes
0
total score =
= SUM(points for all of the paramters)
Interpretation:
• minimum score: 0
• maximum score: 8
Total Score
In-Hospital Mortality
0 to 3
0.3%
4 or 5
2.7%
6 to 8
9.7%
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