Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment

Abbreviated Injury Scale

Classification system for assessing impact injury severity developed and published by the American Association for Automotive Medicine. It is the system of choice for coding single injuries and is the foundation for methods assessing multiple injuries or for assessing cumulative effects of more than one injury. These include Maximum AIS (MAIS), Injury Severity Score (ISS), and Probability of Death Score (PODS).

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Abstract

Classification system for assessing impact injury severity developed and published by the American Association for Automotive Medicine. It is the system of choice for coding single injuries and is the foundation for methods assessing multiple injuries or for assessing cumulative effects of more than one injury. These include Maximum AIS (MAIS), Injury Severity Score (ISS), and Probability of Death Score (PODS).

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Classification

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Abbreviated Injury Scales
  • Injury Scale, Abbreviated
  • Injury Scales, Abbreviated
  • Scale, Abbreviated Injury
  • Scales, Abbreviated Injury

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History Note

91(90); was see under TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES 1990

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Previous Indexing

  • Wounds and Injuries/classification (1966-1989)

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  1. E05.318w.308w.940.968w.875.125w
  2. E05.944.250w
  3. N04w.452.859.564w.800.125w
  4. N05.715w.360.300w.715.500w.800.100w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Abbreviated Injury Scale. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015998. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015998
  2. Abbreviated Injury Scale. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbreviated_Injury_Scale
  3. Abbreviated Injury Scale. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q306826